Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

A large railway terminus in central London.


Edmonton

From Middle English Adelmetone, from Old English Ēadhelm + tūn (“town”). The Canadian city was named after the area of London.

Edmonton, Kentucky
Edmonton, London
en:Edmonton
en:Edmonton (disambiguation)

An area of London in borough of Enfield, in northern Greater London, England.


Bromley

Bromley (countable and uncountable, plural Bromleys)

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley.; compare Broom.

Bromley (disambiguation)
London Borough of Bromley

A district in the borough of Tower Hamlets, eastern London, officially Bromley by Bow (OS grid ref TQ3782).


Southwark

An area of this borough just south of the Thames in central London (OS grid ref TQ3280).


Hackney

The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept for hire in the London borough of Hackney.
The place name is from Old English Hacan ieg "Hacan's Isle" (or "Hook's Island"), referring to dry land in a marsh.

A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).


Westminster

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmestre; equivalent to west + minster.

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of borough of Westminster.


Aldgate

From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English geat (“gate”); equivalent to old + gate.

An area within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).


Fleet

This is hard-core London, and just before Farringdon station you will be able to glimpse the vast steel pipe that carries what was the Fleet River and is now the Fleet sewer over your head.
The Fleet looks safely contained now, although you never know. It surprises me that no terrorist has made common cause with the surly and embittered Fleet, which, in Peter Ackroyd's words became 'a river of death' as it sidled through the meanest streets of London en route to the Thames.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29:

A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.


Strand

Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

An area surrounding the street in central London, Greater London, England.


Fleet Street

From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs; see fleet (“arm of the sea; stream”) for more.

And it is to bee ſeene in London, at the red Lyon, in Fleteſtreete.

1569, C. R., The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on thursday was sennight, the .xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God. M.DLX.ix.:

A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.


Grinič

Greenwich (an area of southeast London, England)


City of London

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-City of London.wav

The area in central London, England containing the financial district, usually abbreviated to the City.


Pimlico

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

An area in the borough of the City of Westminster in London, England.


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

→ Russian: вокза́л (vokzál, “(transport) station, terminal”), вокза́лъ (vokzál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) — obsolete
→ Armenian: վոկզալ (vokzal), վակզալ (vakzal)
→ Azerbaijani: vağzal
→ Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál)
→ Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali)
→ Ingrian: vokzala
→ Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Lithuanian: agzolas
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: вокзал (vokzal)
Mongolian script: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal)
→ Polish: woksal, wogzał
→ Tajik: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Tatar: вокзал (woqzal)
→ Turkmen: wokzal
→ Udmurt: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál)
→ Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal)
→ Uzbek: vokzal

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.

An inner city area of London, in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3077).


Barnes

en-proper noun

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”).
* As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

der

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).


West End

Coordinate term: East End

In a West End town, a dead end world / The East End boys and West End girls

1986, “West End Girls”, in Please, performed by Pet Shop Boys:

A neighbourhood of London, England; Usually "the West End", that part of central London to the west of the City that houses shops, theatres, restaurants, museums, art galleries, etc.


Chelsea

From Old English Celchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea#English

An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.


Waterloo

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.

compound

The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A district and large railway terminus in central London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180).


Soho

I woke up in a Soho doorway / A policeman knew my name / He said, "You can go, sleep at home tonight / if you can get up and walk away."

1978, The Who (lyrics and music), “Who Are You”, in Who Are You:

An area of the West End, in central London.


Islington

Islington (disambiguation)
London Borough of Islington

An inner district of north London, England.


Kensington

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

An affluent area of west London, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.


Mayfair

en-proper noun

Mayfair (countable and uncountable, plural Mayfairs)

(uncountable) An area of central London named after this fair.


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.


メリーランド

ja:メリーランド (曖昧さ回避)


Clapham

A suburb of London, mostly in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2975).


Limehouse

The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.

A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).


St James's

(UK) The area of Central London on the north side of the above park (OS grid ref TQ2980, postcode SW1).


Highbury

A suburb of London, borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3185).


Tottenham

From Latin Toteham, believed to be from Tota + ham(let), Tota being the person who founded the suburban area.


Tottenham

Tottenham (nominative singular)
Tottenhamu (genitive singular)
Tottenhamowi (dative singular)
Tottenham (accusative singular)
Tottenhamem (instrumental singular)
Tottenhamie (locative singular)
Tottenhamie (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Tottenham.


Borough

The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge, which is at the north end of Borough High Street (OS grid ref TQ3279).


Belgravia

After Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, whose title was Viscount Belgrave when the area was developed in the 1820s. The village of Belgrave, Cheshire is close to the Grosvenor family's main country seat.

Not but that Edith was very thoroughly and properly in love; still she would certainly have preferred a good house in Belgravia, to all the picturesqueness of the life which Captain Lennox described at Corfu.

1854, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter I, in North and South:

What more exciting than a ruffian (with many admirable virtues) in St. Giles's, visited constantly by a young lady from Belgravia? What more stirring than the contrasts of society?

1858, William Makepeace Thackeray, A History of Pendennis: His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy, Volume 1, Preface:

[…] Browning seemed rather in place, as a middle-aged gentlemanly English Pippa Passes; while afterwards, in the light of Belgravia dinner-tables, he never made part of his background except by effacement.

1918, Henry Adams, chapter 6, in The Education of Henry Adams:

Tuppence's hostel was situated in what was charitably called Southern Belgravia.

1922, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in The Secret Adversary:

An area in the City of Westminster, central London, noted for being one of the wealthiest districts in the world (OS grid ref TQ2879).


Westmostier

From Middle English west + mostier (“minster”), a partial calque of Middle English Westmestre.

pcal

(Anglo-Norman) Westminster (a borough of London)


Hyde Park

(Vermont town): Named after Jedediah Hyde, a landowner.

The name of various parks, neighborhoods, and municipalities.

A town, the shire town of Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.


Millwall

Referring to the large number of windmills built on the river wall in the 19th century. Originally known as Marshwall, the area acquired its new name with its breakaway from its former parish of Poplar.

A district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England.


A large entertainment district in Greenwich, London.


Holborn

A district of London in borough of Camden and borough of City of Westminster.


Clapton

en-proper noun

Clapton (countable and uncountable, plural Claptons)

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

I'm roll on track, I'm in this field / I'm shot, you put me in my feels / She made it clap clap clap clappity-clap out in Clapton

2018, “Ace Feat. Smino & Saba”, in Room 25, performed by Noname:

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).


Paddington

Paddington (countable and uncountable, plural Paddingtons)

From the Old English personal name Padda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An urban area of Westminster, London, England, noted for its major railway terminus (OS grid ref TQ2681).


バッキンガム宮殿

ja-pos

バッキンガム きゅうでん

バッキンガム宮殿 (canonical)
Bakkingamu Kyūden (romanization)

[ba̠k̚ʲkʲĩŋɡa̠mɯ̟ kʲɨːdẽ̞ɴ]

バッキンガム (“Buckingham”) + 宮殿 (“palace”), calque of British English Buckingham Palace

af

はっきんがむきゅうでん'

cal

はっきんがむきゅうでん'

Buckingham Palace (the official London residence of the British monarch)


Hampstead

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.

An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).


Whitechapel

Named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.

The first man I spoke to was Whitechapel to the backbone, plainly to be spotted as such as if it had been tattooed on his forehead. Making myself at home with him, I desired to know what brought him so far from the "big smoke," and on board a whaler of all places in the world.

1898, Frank Thomas Bullen, The Cruise of the Cachalot:

An urban area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in east London, Greater London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood. (OS grid ref TQ3481)


West Ham

From Old English west (“west”) + hamm (“water-meadow”).

A town in eastern London, in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England.


Effra

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō via Old English ǣðre (“runlet of water, fountain, spring, stream”).

cog

A river in southern London, England, now mainly underground.


Wapping

A district of London in borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England.


Holloway

en-proper noun

Holloway (countable and uncountable, plural Holloways)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holway.

An urban area of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ306859).


Lambeth

Lambeth (countable and uncountable, plural Lambeths)

The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, from Old English lamb (“lamb”) + hȳþ (“hithe, landing-place”), and in 1255 as Lambeth. Equivalent to lamb + hithe.

(uncountable) A district in central London, England.


Bloomsbury

Recorded 1291 as Blemondesberi “manor held by the Blemond family”, from Blémont in France.

An area in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.


Hoxton

An area in the East End of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3383).


Wandsworth

Partly derived from the River Wandle, which flows through the town and into the Thames.

A town in southwest London, England, on the south side of the River Thames.


Fulham

From Old English Fullanhām, Fullanhōm, from personal name Fulla + Old English hamm (“riverbend land”).

An area in southwestern London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.


Clapham Junction

It has never been satisfactorily explained how Clapham Junction came by its name. It is in Mid-Battersea, and is so indicated in Bradshaw.

1951 March, M. D. Greville, “The Nomenclature of Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 193:

(rail transport) A major rail transport hub in south-west London, England, which has the distinction of being the busiest railway station in Britain.


Hammersmith

As for Hammersmith itself, that's now a transport hub, but unfortunately cars were invited to the party, so the centre is a roaring roundabout.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 50:

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham#English

A town in west London, in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2378).


Savile Row

→? Japanese: 背広 (sebiro)

Burlington Estate
Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington

Originally named Savile Street, it was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate and named after Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington (née Savile; 1699–1758).

A street in Mayfair, borough of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, known for its bespoke tailoring for men.


Woolwich

A town in the borough of Greenwich, in southeast London, England.


East Ham

A suburb in eastern London, in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4283).


Isle of Dogs

Unknown, but many theories have been proposed; see Wikipedia.

A peninsula (not a true island) formed by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England.


Stoke Newington

A suburban area (and former borough) of London in borough of Hackney, Greater London, England.


Walworth

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.

A district of the borough of Southwark, London, England.


Bow

A suburb of eastern London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3782).


Kilburn

Kilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Kilburns)

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

A suburb in the borough of Brent and borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ245835).


Charing Cross

/ˌtʃæɹɪŋ ˈkɹɒs/

An important road junction in central London, England, which gives its name to the surrounding area and a railway terminus, and is the point where distances from London are measured from (OS grid ref TQ3080).


Wood Green

A suburban district and shopping centre in the borough of Haringey, in northern London, England (OS grid ref TQ3190).


King's Cross

An area in the borough of Camden and borough of Islington, central London, England, known for its major railway terminus (OS grid ref TQ3083).


水晶宮

ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/


Kennington

Kennington (countable and uncountable, plural Kenningtons)

An area in the borough of Lambeth, London.


Stepney

Stepney (countable and uncountable, plural Stepneys)

* From Old English Stybbanhyð (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hyþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).
* (spare wheel): Originally a brand name, from the Stepney Spare Motor Wheel company.

inh

An urban area of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3581).


Mortlake

A suburban area of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2075).


トッテナム

Tottenham (a suburban area in northern London)


ਸਾਊਥਾਲ

pa-proper noun

ਸਾਊਥਾਲ • (sāūthāl) ?

Borrowed from English Southall. Compare Hindi साउथॉल (sāuthŏl).

Southall (a district of London, England)


साउथॉल

hi-proper noun

साउथॉल • (sāuthŏl) ?

Borrowed from English Southall. Compare Punjabi ਸਾਊਥਾਲ (sāūthāl).


Smithfield

An area in central London, Greater London, England, best known for its meat market (postal district EC1, OS grid ref TQ3181)


Clerkenwell

An area in London, England, comprising parts of the boroughs of Camden and Islington (OS grid ref TQ3182).


Mount Pleasant

An area in Clerkenwell, London, England, around a large sorting office (OS grid ref TQ3182).


Tyburnia

A district of London created in the early 19th century as a residential redevelopment of the historic lands of the Bishop of London, known as the Tyburn Estate.


Camberwell

An inner suburb of the borough of Southwark, London, England.


Highgate

en-prop

Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)

From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).

An upper-class suburb of London, in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).


Chiswick

en-proper noun

Chiswick (countable and uncountable, plural Chiswicks)

From Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + wīc (“village”); equivalent to cheese + -wick.

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2078).


Marylebone

/ˈmɑːləbəʊn/

Corruption of St Mary at the Bourne, related to archaic bourne (“boundary”).

An area in the West End of London, England, which is part of the City of Westminster.


Deptford

An urban area of London in Lewisham borough (OS grid ref TQ3777).


Greenford

A large suburban area of London, in the borough of Ealing, Greater London.


Hornsey

From Old English Hareng (“a personal name”) + hege (“enclosure”). Doublet of Haringey and Harringay.

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Haringey, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3089).


Cricklewood

A suburban area of London in Brent borough, Barnet borough and Camden borough, Greater London.


Elephant and Castle

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An area surrounding a major road junction in London, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3279).


Shoreditch

/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)dɪt͡ʃ/

If she commanded it, I too would go to Shoreditch, and nurse myself in exile.

2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 16:

An urban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3382).


Park Royal

/pɑːk ɹɔɪəl/

A mixed industrial and residential area of London in borough of Brent and borough of Ealing, Greater London.


Knightsbridge

From Old English cniht (“young man”) (later interpreted as "knight") + brycg (“bridge”).

An urban area and named street to the south of Hyde Park, London (OS grid ref TQ2679).


Battersea

A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth, London (OS grid ref TQ2776).


Roehampton

Roehampton (countable and uncountable, plural Roehamptons)

From Old English hrōc (“rook”) + Hampton.

A suburban area of London in borough of Wandsworth, Greater London.


Nunhead

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3575).


Eltham

A suburban area of London in Greenwich borough.


Bethnal Green

An urban area of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London. (OS grid ref TQ3482).


Blackheath

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Lewisham and borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3976).


Kentish Town

Probably derived from Ken-ditch or Caen-ditch, meaning the "bed of a waterway", and otherwise unrelated to the English county of Kent.

An urban area of London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2985).


Homerton

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3685).


Finsbury

An urban area of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3182).


Bermondsey

An urban area in the borough of Southwark, London (OS grid ref TQ3479).


Hanwell

A suburb of London, in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1580).


Alperton

In Alperton, two miles from her old home, she could descend into waterside avenues of calm, unpeopled in comparison to the streets thick with noise through which she’d travelled to arrive there.

2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 20:

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Brent, Greater London.


Maida Vale

A main road in the same area which forms part of the A5.

An inner suburb of the borough of the City of Westminster, London (postcode W9, OS grid ref TQ2582).


North Kensington

A suburban area of London in borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, separated by Notting Hill from Kensington itself.


Palmers Green

A suburban area of London in borough of Enfield, Greater London.


Notting Hill

Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).

Notting Gate
Notting Hill
Notting Hill, Victoria

A suburb of London in Kensington and Chelsea borough.


Bayswater

An inner suburb of London, in the City of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2680).


Spitalfields

An area of the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3381).


Mile End

In London, first recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, from Middle English mile ende, representing the distance from Aldgate (actually closer to two miles by today's measurement).

An inner suburb of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3682).


Canning Town

Thought to be named after Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

A suburb of London in Newham borough, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3981).


Grove Park

/ɡɹəʊv pɑːk/

A suburban area of London in Lewisham borough, Greater London.

A small suburban area of London in Chiswick district, borough of Hounslow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2077).


London Bridge

From Old English Lundene bryċġ (literally “London's Bridge” or “the Bridge of London”).

inh

The area of London, in the borough of Southwark immediately surrounding the station (OS grid ref TQ3280).


Westbourne

From Old English west + burna (“bourne”).

The river carried in the pipe at Sloane Square is the Westbourne, and the pipe is said to shake in a rainstorm. Behind one of the innocent-looking doors on the platform at Sloane Square is a horizontal metal grille, beneath which is a pump, working away in the seething tributaries of the Westbourne.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 31:

A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.


Moorgate

An area, a railway station and street in the City of London, Greater London, named after a former gate in London's wall (OS grid ref TQ3281).


West Hampstead

An urban area of London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2585).


Blackfriars

An area within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180).


Denmark Hill

A suburb and thoroughfare of London, in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3276).


Canonbury

From canon + -bury, recorded as Canonesbury 1373, from Middle English canoun + Old English burh, byrig.

A suburb of London, in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284).


Dalston

From Middle English Derleston, Dorleston; from Old English Dēorlāf + tūn. Doublet of Darlaston.

From memories that never change / Of Dalston / Forever Dolphin Love

2011, Connan Mockasin (lyrics and music), “Forever Dolphin Love”:

A residential area in London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3484).


St Pancras

After Saint Pancras of Rome, whose relics were supposedly housed at the church in this location.

An area in the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).


Tulse Hill

A suburban area of London, in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3173).


New Cross Gate

An urban area of the borough of Lewisham, London, England, adjacent to New Cross (OS grid ref TQ3677).


Herne Hill

A suburb of London, in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3274).


Southfields

A suburb of London in borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2573).


Nine Elms

An inner city area in borough of Wandsworth, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2977).


Balham

From Belgeham (Domesday Book, 1086) and Bælgenham (957), from Old English bealg + hamm.

A suburb of London, in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2873).


Parsons Green

A residential area in London, with a small green in Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2476).


Norbury

en-proper noun

Norbury (countable and uncountable, plural Norburys)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

They drove to Norbury, a strange little area that was nestled between Streatham and Croydon, not taking any trait from either surrounding area but not really having any defining traits of its own.

2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 12:

A suburb of London, in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3069).


Stamford Brook

A small neighbourhood of London, on the boundary of the borough of Hounslow and borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England, around Stamford Brook tube station (OS grid ref TQ2278)


Newington

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A neighbourhood of London, in the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3279).


Bowes Park

A suburban area of London in Barnet borough and Haringey borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3091).


Bromley-by-Bow

A suburb of London in borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3782).


Haggerston

An inner suburb of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3483).


Tufnell Park

A suburban area of London in borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2985).


Somers Town

An inner city area of London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2983).


South Kensington

A neighbourhood of London, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2678).


Primrose Hill

A suburb and park in London, in the borough of Camden, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2884).


Shadwell

Shadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Shadwells)

Various origins:
* The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English sċeard (“notch; shard; cleft, gap”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The suburb of London is named with Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The Norfolk placename derives from Old English scēad (“boundary”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The West Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English sċeadu (“shade; shady place”) + wella (“well, spring”).

der

An inner suburb of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3580).


Bishopsgate

Equivalent to Bishop + -s- + gate.
(street and ward): From one of the eastern gates in London’s former defensive wall, traditionally attributed to Earconwald, who was Bishop of London in the 7th century.

A street and ward in the City of London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).


South Bank

A riverside area south of the Thames in central London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180).


托特納姆

ㄊㄨㄛ ㄊㄜˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄨˇ

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Tottenham (a suburban area in northern London)


Millbank

An area of central London in the City of Westminster.


ウィンブルドン

[β̞ĩmbɯ̟ɾɯ̟dõ̞ɴ]


Parliament Hill

From parliament + hill.
* (Ottawa): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings.
* (Quebec): Calque of French Colline parlementaire From being a rise and promontory over the Saint-Lawrence River hosting parliament buildings.
* (London): From being a gathering place for troops of the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) during the English Civil War. Apocryphally, the location where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, to blowup the Palace of Westminster (Parliament).

(UK) A hill in North London, England, United Kingdom


Fitzrovia

From Fitzroy + -v- + -ia, after Fitzroy Square or the Fitzroy Tavern, ultimately from the name of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton; see FitzRoy. First attested in 1940.

A district of central London, on the border of the boroughs of Westminster and Camden.

Fitzroy Square
Fitzroy Tavern
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton


एडमंटन

hi-proper noun

एडमंटन • (eḍmaṇṭan) ?

[eːɖ.mɐ̃ɳ.ʈɐ̃n]


एडमंटन

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एडमंटन • (eḍmaṇṭan) ?

mr-proper noun

एडमंटन • (eḍmaṇṭan) ?


এডমন্টন

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এডমন্টন • (eḍomonṭon)

bn-proper noun

এডমন্টন • (eḍomonṭon)

[ˈeɖɔmɔɳʈɔn]


ꠍ꠆ꠙꠤꠐꠣꠟꠚꠤꠟ꠆ꠒꠍ

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ꠍ꠆ꠙꠤꠐꠣꠟꠚꠤꠟ꠆ꠒꠍ • (śfiṭalofílḍosó)

Spitalfields (an area of the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England)


Vale of Health

Holonym: Hampstead Heath

A hamlet in London, England, United Kingdom


BedZED

Borrowed from English BedZED, an initialism of Beddington Zero Energy Development.

Holonym: Sutton

BedZED (an ecodistrict in Sutton borough, London, United Kingdom)