Etymology

Whitehall

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Today it means: A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices. Full definition →

Middle English whit
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  1. Middle English · derived fromwhit“white”
  2. English todayWhitehall

From Middle English whit (“white”) + halgh (“corner, nook; hall”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.