Whitehall

plural Whitehalls

1. countableuncountableA wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
2. UKbroadlycountablemetonymicallyuncountablegovernmentThe British government or civil service

   […] both Whitehall and Downing Street are in a blue funk lest they should do the wrong thing, either let the man slip away with the papers or arrest him without them.

   1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

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   Britain's securocracy — Whitehall spymasters, backed up by government lawyers, engaged in the increasingly thankless task of preserving state secrets — are faced with an intriguing conundrum. What do they do when the bulwark they have been relying on for so long to protect their secrets crumbles before their eyes?

   2000 July 27, Richard Norton-Taylor, “Analysis: The secret's out”, in the Guardian

   It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK."

   2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32

3. A number of other places in England:
   1. countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6174).
   2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Hemyock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1214).
   3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Marwood parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5337).
   4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7452).
   5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Sandon parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3331).
   6. countableuncountableA suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6920).
   7. countableuncountableA hamlet in Shipley parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1321).
4. countableuncountableA village on the isle of Stronsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY6528).
5. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1638).
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
   2. countableuncountableFormer spelling of White Hall, California.
   3. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
   8. countableuncountableA city and township in Muskegon County, Michigan.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Jefferson County, Montana.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
   11. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Washington County, New York.
   12. countableuncountableA city in Franklin County, Ohio.
   13. countableuncountableA borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
   14. countableuncountableA township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
   15. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia.
   16. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
7. countableuncountableA surname from Middle English.