London
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: lŭn'dən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌn.dən/
- (dialectal) enPR: lŭ'nən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌ.nən/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndən
Proper noun
[edit]London (countable and uncountable, plural Londons)
- The capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- 2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times[1]:
- An eccentric city with a live-and-let-live vibe, London is a place where people can be free to be themselves, find the communities to which they belong and write whatever they want. There are, in a sense, many Londons for writers to explore.
- A 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.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
- A small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
- A village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati.
- An urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
- Several places in the United States:
- A small city in Pope County, Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
- A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
- An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, with a population of approximately 9,000.
- An unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, with a population of approximately 180.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- A habitational surname for someone from London.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
- 2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 178:
- Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.
Synonyms
[edit]- (in the United Kingdom): the Big Smoke, Eine, the Great Wen, Londongrad, Londonistan, Moscow-on-Thames, Rum-ville, the Smoke
Derived terms
[edit]- City of London
- East London
- Greater London
- Little London
- London Bridge
- London broil
- London-centric
- London Colney
- London dispersion force
- Londoner
- Londonese
- London Fields
- London fog
- Londongrad
- Londonish
- Londonism
- Londonistan
- Londonize
- London moment
- London paste
- Londonphile
- London plane
- London pride
- London rocket
- Londonshire
- London smoke
- London tuft
- London Underground
- Londonward
- London weighting
- Multicultural London English
- New London
- Tower of London
Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Bokmål: London
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]- the City
- Cockney
- Londonshire
References
[edit]- Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[2], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 7.72, page 222.
- 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
Further reading
[edit]- “London”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “London”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “London”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “London”, in Collins English Dictionary.
London in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
London in the Encyclopædia Britannica (12th edition, 1922)
Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London n
Usage notes
[edit]The city in England, capital of England and the United Kingdom, is invariably named Londen in Dutch. The spelling “London” is used for other cities, such as London, Ontario.
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London ?
- London (the capital of the United Kingdom; capital of England)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]London n (proper noun, genitive Londons or (optionally with an article) London)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | London | — |
accusative | Londont | — |
dative | Londonnak | — |
instrumental | Londonnal | — |
causal-final | Londonért | — |
translative | Londonná | — |
terminative | Londonig | — |
essive-formal | Londonként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Londonban | — |
superessive | Londonon | — |
adessive | Londonnál | — |
illative | Londonba | — |
sublative | Londonra | — |
allative | Londonhoz | — |
elative | Londonból | — |
delative | Londonról | — |
ablative | Londontól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Londoné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Londonéi | — |
Possessive forms of London | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Londonom | — |
2nd person sing. | Londonod | — |
3rd person sing. | Londonja | — |
1st person plural | Londonunk | — |
2nd person plural | Londonotok | — |
3rd person plural | Londonjuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium - see for details.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of England)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Lǒndon, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]From English London, from Middle English London (“London”), from Old English Lunden (“London”), a borrowing from Latin Londinium (“London”), likely from Proto-Celtic *Londinjon (“place that floods”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to sink; subdue”) - see the Latin entry for details.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England) with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- London ligger på begge sider av elven Themsen i Sørøst-England.
- London is located on both sides of the River Thames in the South East of England.
- London ligger på begge sider av elven Themsen i Sørøst-England.
- London (a 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.
- London (a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada), with a population of approximately 300,000.
- London (a small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France).
- London (a village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati).
- London (an urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia).
- Several places in the United States:
- London (a small city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States), with a population of approximately 900.
- London (a census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States).
- London (an unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, United States).
- London (a city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, United States), with a population of approximately 8,000.
- London (an unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States).
- London (a city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States), with a population of approximately 9,000.
- London (a small city in California, United States), with a population of approximately 1,800.
- London (an unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, United States), with a population of approximately 180.
- London (an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States).
- London (an unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “London” in Store norske leksikon
- “London (Canada)” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Derived terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London n (genitive Londons)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Derived terms
[edit]Tatar
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
[edit]Uzbek
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌndən
- Rhymes:English/ʌndən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:London
- en:Cities in the United Kingdom
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in the United Kingdom
- en:Cities in England
- en:Places in England
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cities in Ontario
- en:Cities in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Villages in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- en:Villages in France
- en:Places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- en:Places in France
- en:Villages in Kiribati
- en:Places in Kiribati
- en:Neighborhoods in Serbia
- en:Places in Belgrade
- en:Places in Serbia
- en:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Cities in Kentucky, USA
- en:County seats of Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in Ohio, USA
- en:County seats of Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- English surnames
- English terms with rare senses
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from place names
- English female given names
- English female given names from place names
- English unisex given names
- English unisex given names from place names
- English metonyms
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:London
- az:Cities in the United Kingdom
- az:National capitals
- az:Places in the United Kingdom
- az:Cities in England
- az:Places in England
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:London
- da:Cities in the United Kingdom
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in the United Kingdom
- da:Cities in England
- da:Places in England
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:London
- nl:Cities in Ontario
- nl:Cities in Canada
- nl:Places in Ontario
- nl:Places in Canada
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:London
- et:Cities in the United Kingdom
- et:National capitals
- et:Places in the United Kingdom
- et:Cities in England
- et:Places in England
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- fo:London
- fo:Cities in the United Kingdom
- fo:National capitals
- fo:Places in the United Kingdom
- fo:Cities in England
- fo:Places in England
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:London
- de:Cities in the United Kingdom
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in the United Kingdom
- de:Cities in England
- de:Places in England
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:London
- hu:Cities in the United Kingdom
- hu:National capitals
- hu:Places in the United Kingdom
- hu:Cities in England
- hu:Places in England
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English proper nouns
- enm:London
- enm:Cities in England
- enm:National capitals
- enm:Places in England
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔn
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:London
- nb:Cities in the United Kingdom
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in the United Kingdom
- nb:Cities in England
- nb:Places in England
- nb:Cities in Ontario
- nb:Cities in Canada
- nb:Places in Ontario
- nb:Places in Canada
- nb:Villages in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- nb:Villages in France
- nb:Places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- nb:Places in France
- nb:Villages in Kiribati
- nb:Places in Kiribati
- nb:Neighborhoods in Serbia
- nb:Places in Belgrade
- nb:Places in Serbia
- nb:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- nb:Cities in the United States
- nb:Places in Arkansas, USA
- nb:Places in the United States
- nb:Census-designated places in California, USA
- nb:Census-designated places in the United States
- nb:Places in California, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- nb:Places in Indiana, USA
- nb:Cities in Kentucky, USA
- nb:County seats of Kentucky, USA
- nb:Places in Kentucky, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota, USA
- nb:Places in Minnesota, USA
- nb:Cities in Ohio, USA
- nb:County seats of Ohio, USA
- nb:Places in Ohio, USA
- nb:Cities in California, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- nb:Places in Texas, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- nb:Places in West Virginia, USA
- nb:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
- nb:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:London
- nn:Cities in the United Kingdom
- nn:National capitals
- nn:Places in the United Kingdom
- nn:Cities in England
- nn:Places in England
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:London
- pt:Cities in Ontario
- pt:Cities in Canada
- pt:Places in Ontario
- pt:Places in Canada
- Portuguese terms with rare senses
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:London
- sh:Cities in the United Kingdom
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in the United Kingdom
- sh:Cities in England
- sh:Places in England
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:London
- sv:Cities in the United Kingdom
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in the United Kingdom
- sv:Cities in England
- sv:Places in England
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:London
- tt:Cities in the United Kingdom
- tt:National capitals
- tt:Places in the United Kingdom
- tt:Cities in England
- tt:Places in England
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek proper nouns
- uz:London
- uz:Cities in the United Kingdom
- uz:National capitals
- uz:Places in the United Kingdom
- uz:Cities in England
- uz:Places in England