# London
## English

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### 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: /ˈlʌn.dən/
* (dialectal) enPR: lŭ'nən,IPA: /ˈlʌ.nən/
* (Northern England) IPA: /ˈlʊn.dən/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌndən

### Proper noun

London (countable and uncountable, plural Londons)
* The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. 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: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.
* (metonymically) The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
* 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.
** A township and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Michigan.
** A township and unincorporated community therein, 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 City
* 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
* Lord Mayor of London
* 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)‎, 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

* Donlon, nonold

## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

## Danish
### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔndə(n)/

### Proper noun

London n
* London (a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada)

#### 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; the capital city of England)

## Faroese
### Proper noun

London ?
* London (the capital of the United Kingdom; the capital of England)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
* IPA: /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; the capital city of England)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlondon]
* Hyphenation: Lon‧don
* Rhymes: -on

### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

#### Derived terms

* londoni

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* Lundon, Londun, Londoun, Lunden

### Etymology

From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium - see for details.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlundən/

### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of England)

#### Descendants

* English: London
** Norwegian Bokmål: London
* Scots: Lunnon

#### References

* “Lǒndon, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### 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

* IPA: /ˈlɔndɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Hyphenation: Lon‧don

### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the 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 (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

* londonbasar
* londoner
* londonkraft
* londonsk
* Stor-London

### 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; the capital city of England)

#### Derived terms

* londonar
* Stor-London

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

London
* London (a city in Ontario, Canada)
* (rare) Synonym of Londres

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǒndoːn/
* Hyphenation: Lon‧don

### Proper noun

Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔndɔn/

### Proper noun

London n (genitive Londons)
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

#### Derived terms

* londonsk
* Storlondon

## Tatar
### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)

#### Declension
## Uzbek
### Proper noun

London
* London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)