London
- Names
London
Londres
Londen
Londinion
Londinium
Londinium Augusta
Londinos
Lundenburg
Lundenceaster
Lundene
Lundenne
Lundenwic
Lundin
Lundinium
Lundonia
Lundres
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Longtime seat of the British Empire and capital of the United Kingdom. It lies astride the River Thames 50 miles (about 80 km) upstream from its estuary on the North Sea. It has burned and been rebuilt several times, notably in revolt of Queen Boudicca in 60 CE and in the Great Fire of 1666. It became a large trade center in the Middle Ages and expanded rapidly during the 16th and17th centuries and during the Industrial Revolution. During World War II the city was heavily bombed. London is not to be confused with Greater London which refers to all 32 London boroughs (Inner and Outer London boroughs) and the City of London; London is used to refer to the 12 Inner London boroughs and the City of London.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Atlas of Greek & Roman World (1981); Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986); Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); London (1997); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Oxford: English Place Names (1960); Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1994)...
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Frederick Kandler (English, born Germany, flourished 1727-ca. 1750)
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