London
biographical nameDefinition of London
(Entry 1 of 2)
John Griffith 1876–1916 Jack London American writer
London
geographical nameDefinition of London (Entry 2 of 2)
1
city and port on both sides of the Thames River in southeastern England; capital of the United Kingdom formerly constituting an administrative county; comprises
the City of London
(approximately coextensive with ancient
Lon*din*i*um
\
län-ˈdi-nē-əm
, lən-
\
; population 7400) and 32 other boroughs, which together are referred to as the metropolitan county of
Greater London
(area 632 square miles, or 1637 square kilometers, population 8,174,000)
2
city on the Thames River in southeastern Ontario, Canada population 366,151
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