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london | initialism |

As a proper noun london

is the capital city of the united kingdom and of england, situated near the mouth of the river thames in southeast england, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000.

As a noun initialism is

a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.

london

English

(wikipedia)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000.
  • A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
  • A city in Ohio, USA, with a population of approximately 9,000.
  • A city in Kentucky, USA, with a population of approximately 8,000.
  • A city in Arkansas, USA, with a population of approximately 900.
  • A city in California, USA, with a population of approximately 1,800.
  • A community in Texas, USA, with a population of approximately 180.
  • A community in West Virginia, USA.
  • A settlement in Kiribati, on Easter Island.
  • for someone from London.
  • (rare) transferred from the place name.
  • * 2012 (Louise Erdrich), The Round House , Corsair (2013), ISBN 9781472108166, 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 .

    Derived terms

    * City of London * Greater London * London broil * Londoner * Londonish * Londonism * Londonistan * Londonize * London Bridge * London moment * London paste * London plane * Londonphile * London pride * London rocket * London Underground * London weighting * Multicultural London English * New London * Tower of London

    See also

    * the City * Cockney

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    *

    References

    * 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198527586 English surnames ----

    initialism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
    • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    External links

    * Acronyms selected for your enjoyment * English words suffixed with -ism