noun
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
• Syn: ↑London, ↑British capital, ↑capital of the United Kingdom
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑national capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑England
• Member Meronyms: ↑Londoner
• Part Meronyms:
↑Big Ben, ↑Newgate, ↑Tower of London, ↑Old Bailey, ↑Fleet Street, ↑Harley Street, ↑Lombard Street, ↑Whitehall, ↑Trafalgar Square, ↑City of London, ↑the City, ↑Greenwich, ↑Bloomsbury, ↑Soho, ↑Wembley, ↑West End, ↑Westminster, ↑City of Westminster, ↑Pall Mall, ↑Wimbledon
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London (def. 5).
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Greater London [Greater London]
the area covered by the 32 ↑boroughs of London. It was established as a local government area in the 1960s when parts of the counties closest to London became parts of London. It is a very large area, covering 610 square miles/1 580 square kilometres, with a population of around 7.2 million.
See also ↑London Assembly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.