london

Noun
  1. is an instance of: national capital - the capital city of a nation
    member holonym: londoner - a native or resident of London
    has:
    • big ben - clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
    • newgate - a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
    • tower of london - a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels
    • old bailey - the central criminal court in London
    • fleet street - a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
    • harley street - a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located
    • lombard street - a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
    • whitehall - a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
    • trafalgar square - a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson
    • city of london, the city - the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
    • greenwich - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
    • bloomsbury - a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
    • soho - a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
    • wembley - a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
    • west end - the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
    • city of westminster, westminster - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
    • pall mall - a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
    • wimbledon - a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
    is a part of: england - a division of the United Kingdom
    same as: british capital, capital of the united kingdom, greater london
  2. is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
    same as: jack london, john griffith chaney

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