Meaning of LONDON
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- [n] the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
- [n] United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
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| | Synonyms: | | British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, Greater London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney |
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| | See Also: | | author, Big Ben, Bloomsbury, City of Westminster, England, Fleet Street, Greenwich, Harley Street, Lombard Street, Londoner, national capital, Old Bailey, Pall Mall, Soho, Trafalgar Square, Wembley, West End, Westminster, Whitehall, Wimbledon, writer | |
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| | Definition: | | \Lon"don\, n.
The capital city of England.
{London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and
unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and
other morbid enlargements.
{London pride}. (Bot.)
(a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial
herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great
Britain.
(b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior.
{London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium
Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins
of the great fire of 1667.
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