London
English
Etymology
From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
Pronunciation
- enPR: lŭn'dən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌn.dən/
- (dialectal) enPR: lŭ'nən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌ.nən/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndən
Proper noun
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
- (in the United Kingdom): the Big Smoke, Eine, the Great Wen, Londongrad, Londonistan, Moscow-on-Thames, Rum-ville, the Smoke
Derived terms
- 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
- Norwegian Bokmål: London
Translations
See also
- the City
- Cockney
- Londonshire
References
- 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
- “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
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Danish
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
London n
Usage notes
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
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Faroese
Proper noun
London ?
- London (the capital of the United Kingdom; capital of England)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
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
Pronunciation
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
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
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium - see for details.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of England)
Descendants
References
- “Lǒndon, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
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
Proper noun
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
References
- “London” in Store norske leksikon
- “London (Canada)” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Proper noun
London
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
London n (genitive Londons)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Derived terms
Tatar
Proper noun
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Declension
Uzbek
Proper noun
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