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Look up: London

  1. London
    London is the capital of England. It predates known history as a settlement, the early Celtic name being Lyn-din (lake-fort). In the first century the Romans under Tacitus called it Londinium and described it as a flourishing trading city. Later it assumed the name of Augusta and has in its history been called Lundenbyrig, Lundonia and London-wic. The city itself lies partly in Middlesex, Surrey and Kent and today has large suburbs known as 'Greater London'. London is a city in Pope County Arkan...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. London
    [n] - United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) 2. [n] - the capital and largest city of England
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. london
    capital of the United Kingdom Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. London
    Lon'don noun The capital city of England. London paste (Medicine) , a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride . (Botany) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa , a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain . ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/58

  5. london
    The capital city of England. ... <medicine> London paste, a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; used as a caustic to destroy tumours and other morbid enlargements. London pride. ... <botany> A cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. ... Source: Websters Dic ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. London
    Jack London noun United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. London
    Greater London noun the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. London
    `London` (; IPA ) is the capital and largest urban area of England and the United Kingdom. At its core, the ancient City of London, to which the name historically belongs, still retains its limited mediaeval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century the name `London` has also referred to the whole metropolis which has developed around it. Today the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region of England and the Greater London administra...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London

  9. London
    • (n.) The capital city of England.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. London
    (from the article `Blake, William`) ...and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. The poems of Songs of Experience centre on threatened, unprotected souls in ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/68

  11. London
    (from the article `Johnson, Samuel`) ...(his first major poem), Marmor Norfolciense, and A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage. London is an `imitation` of the Roman ... Goldsmith belonged to the circle of a writer of still ampler range and outstanding intellect, Samuel Johnson. Pope recognized Johnson`s poetic ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/68

  12. London
    city, seat of Middlesex county, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the forks of the Thames River, midway between Lakes Ontario (east) and St. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/68

  13. London
    city, capital of the United Kingdom. It is among the oldest of the world`s great cities—its history spanning nearly two millennia—and one of the most ... [86 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/68

  14. London
    London is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `London, England` Where is it used? The name London is mainly used In English. The name London appears In the name list top 1000 for both male and female. Below you can find the statistics for both sexes. London as a boys nameLondon appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 662.. 2006 wa
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Lond

  15. London
    London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. Its streets and bridges are named for those of old London in England. Surrounded by...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083

  16. London
    London, capital of Great Britain, SE England, on both sides of the Thames River. Greater London. (1991 pop. 6,378,600), c.620 sq mi (1,610 sq km), consists of the Corporation of the City of London (1991 pop. 4,000), usually called the City, plus 32 boroughs. The City is the old city of London and is...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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