LONDON

London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom

(noun) the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney

(noun) United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Lon"don, n.

Definition: The capital city of England. London paste (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.

– London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. Dr. Prior.

– London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition