London
English
/ˈlʌn.dən/
proper noun
Definitions
- (capital city in United Kingdom). Situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- (former administrative county in England), created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- (figuratively) The government of the United Kingdom.
- (city in southwestern Ontario), with a population of approximately 300,000.
- (small agricultural village in Savigny-sur-Seille).
- (village in Kiritimati).
- (urban neighborhood in Belgrade).
- Several places in the United States:
- for someone from London.
- (rare) .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English London inherited from Old English Lunden derived from Latin Londīnium.
Origin
Latin
Londīnium
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- East London English
- London Town English
- London-centric English
- Londoner English
- Londonese English
- Londonesque English
- Londoniana English
- Londonish English
- Londonism English
- Londonistan English
- Londonite English
- Londonize English
- Londonphile English
- Londonshire English
- Londonward English
- Londonwards English
- Londonwide English
- Londony English
- Town English
- londonite English
- shire English
- Londinium Latin
- Londīnium Latin
- Lundonia Latin
- ロンドン Japanese
- ロンドン人 Japanese
- ロンドン地下鉄 Japanese
- 倫敦 Japanese
- Londyn Polish
- londyński Polish
- Lunden Old English
- Londenyssh Middle English
- London Middle English
- Londonere Middle English
- Londain Irish
- Lundún Old Norse
- Londres Old French
- Londono Esperanto
- londonano Esperanto
- लंदन Hindi
- ลอนดอน Thai
- లండను Telugu
- Lunnainn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Lunnin Manx
- Lunninagh Manx
- Lunninish Manx
- လန်ဒန် Burmese
- לונדון Hebrew (modern)
- 倫敦 Chinese
- Londýn Slovak
- 런던 Korean
- Ļaņtōn Marshallese
- Landan Hausa