London

plural Londons

1. countableuncountableThe 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.

   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.

   2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 May 2023

2. countableuncountableA former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
3. countablemetonymicallyuncountableThe government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
4. countableuncountableA city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
5. countableuncountableA small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
6. countableuncountableA village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati.

   The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.

   1993, Derek A. Scott, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 188

7. countableuncountableAn urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
8. Several places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA small city in Pope County, Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
   2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
   4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.
   5. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Michigan.
   6. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   7. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, with a population of approximately 9,000.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, with a population of approximately 180.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
9. countableuncountableA habitational surname for someone from London.
10. countablerareuncountableA unisex given name transferred from the place name.

    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.

    2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 178