Get to know London better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like writer or author. In Dutch this translates to londen.
London in a sentence
Related words
London meaning
- The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
Synonyms of London
Using London
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000. | A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965. | The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
- Useful related words include: greater london, british capital, national capital, jack london.
- Possible Dutch translations are: londen, londens, van londen.
- In the example corpus, london often appears in combinations such as: in london, the london, of london.
Context around London
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for London
- In this selection, "london" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, central, zsl, bridge, euston and line stand out and add context to how "london" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 in london england, acceptance of london s dead, central london, east london and london underground. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "london" sits close to words such as august, officers and land, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with london
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The key to the UK is normally focusing on London, so we're getting some good feedback from London doctors and London hospitals. (23 words)
People walk over London Bridge during morning rush hour, with City of London financial district in the background, in London, Britain, February 10, 2023. (24 words)
The routes affected included Avanti West Coast which runs through London Euston and the London Northwestern Railway service that also stops at London Euston. (24 words)
Just when you think you’re running out of ways to praise London, along comes a cheerful Transport for London employee in a hi-vis jacket, working on upgrade works to Bank station, to reveal that London has the best clay in the world. (44 words)
Tonight, the London Chambers of Commerce called on London MPs to come together to find "a non-partisan and viable solution", saying the nature of the talks are "deeply troubling" for London businesses already hurting from the impact of Covid-19. (41 words)
A Royal Commission on London Government in the 1920s did not permit the London County Council to extend its area of responsibility and an ad hoc London Traffic Area was created to regulate motor traffic in the wider London region. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
London's four former baseball teams are the London Monarchs ( Canadian Baseball League ), the London Werewolves ( Frontier League ), the London Tecumsehs ( International Association ) and the London Tigers (AA Eastern League ).
A Royal Commission on London Government in the 1920s did not permit the London County Council to extend its area of responsibility and an ad hoc London Traffic Area was created to regulate motor traffic in the wider London region.
When Transport for London expanded its London Overground service to include the East London Line in 2010, the East London line (extended to Croydon) changed from a solid orange line to a double orange stripe.
People walk over London Bridge during morning rush hour, with City of London financial district in the background, in London, Britain, February 10, 2023.
She was among 30 Londoners who came out to get more details at a Green in the City event at the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre Thursday evening, organized by City of London, London Public Library and London Environmental Network.
The key to the UK is normally focusing on London, so we're getting some good feedback from London doctors and London hospitals.
If you are travelling between London and Worcester / Malvern, you can travel via London Euston and Birmingham New Street on Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and London Northwestern Railway services at no extra cost.
It will use London Fields station as its central London terminus for the Overground lines from Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town – meaning passengers wanting to travel further into London will have to switch to bus or bike or walk.
The idea from Cllr Holder was an emulation of a current system that Transport for London currently has in place called the 'London Superloop', which connects parts of London that weren't previously on popular bus routes.
The routes affected included Avanti West Coast which runs through London Euston and the London Northwestern Railway service that also stops at London Euston.
This includes exploring a coordinated scheme with London councils and the London boroughs to manage dockless e-bikes and e-scooters in London, through a contract.
And London Fire Brigade wrote: "Firefighters across London are showing their appreciation for all the brilliant front line workers, the NHS and our London Ambulance Service colleagues who are working so hard for us all.
The video was shot in the heart of London in the most difficult spots to film music videos because of how busy the landmarks such as London Bridge, London Eye and St Paul’ are.
Tonight, the London Chambers of Commerce called on London MPs to come together to find "a non-partisan and viable solution", saying the nature of the talks are "deeply troubling" for London businesses already hurting from the impact of Covid-19.
Police on Cannon Street in London near the scene of an incident on London Bridge in central London following a police incident, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.
While you might assume that Woking owes its very existence to London, the reality is that London’s continued viability as a place to live is thanks to Woking — in particular its acceptance of London’s dead.
Just when you think you’re running out of ways to praise London, along comes a cheerful Transport for London employee in a hi-vis jacket, working on upgrade works to Bank station, to reveal that London has the best clay in the world.
Members of the brigade have come together through London Citadel’s Thursday evening community music programming or are regular attendees of the London Citadel Corps in London, Ontario, Canada.
Zuzana Matyasova feeds and counts the penguins during the ZSL London Zoo annual stock take at ZSL London Zoo on February 7, 2018 in London, England.
Although familiarly known as the ' London Stone ', it is not to be confused with the more famous – and probably more ancient – London Stone in Cannon Street in the City of London.
Phrases with london
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with london
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in london 67×
- the london 55×
- of london 30×
- london and 18×
- for london 12×
- to london 12×
- and london 11×
- from london 11×
- central london 11×
- london to 11×