"Yard" meaning in English

See Yard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Yard [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Yard}} the Yard
  1. Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard Derived forms: Yardie [Jamaica] Translations ((New) Scotland Yard): Yard (english: der) [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-Yard-en-name-LLagu0j9 Disambiguation of '(New) Scotland Yard': 91 7 2
  2. (figurative, metonymically) The Metropolitan Police Service Tags: figuratively, metonymically
    Sense id: en-Yard-en-name-N7SdWsHg Categories (other): English metonyms
  3. (Jamaica) Jamaica Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-Yard-en-name-QsKYuhf- Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 4 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 4 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 9 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 6 87
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "der",
      "lang": "German",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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