Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Piccadilly Circus. Search instead for Piccadilly+Cafeteria.

Piccadilly Circus

American  

noun

  1. a traffic circle and open square in W London, England: theater and amusement center.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On an underground train en route to Piccadilly Circus, I got the picture after spotting a newspaper headline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The Stop the Hate supporters gathered on the march's route, on Coventry Street, near Piccadilly Circus.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

At the time, he worked at the kitschy Rainforest Café in Piccadilly Circus — a now-defunct theme restaurant with animatronic animals — to help pay for his tuition.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

They were there to see a short art film, “Nadya Means Hope,” in which Ms. Tolokonnikova burns a candle in the shape of an eggplant emoji, play on an enormous screen in Piccadilly Circus.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Sometimes when Dad asks Mum how work was, she says the ward was like Piccadilly Circus.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Piccadilly Circus" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com