Belgravia

American  

[bel-grey-vee-uh] / bɛlˈgreɪ vi ə /

noun

1. a fashionable district in London, England, adjoining Hyde Park.

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Belgravia British  

/ bɛlˈɡreɪvɪə /

noun

1. a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square

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Other Word Forms

• Belgravian adjective

Example Sentences

She recently sold her Belgravia flat, which she purchased for £4.2m.

From BBC

Andrew has confirmed he travelled on Epstein's private jet, stayed at his private island, stayed at his Palm Beach mansion, and visited Ghislaine Maxwell's home at Belgravia in London.

From BBC

Quaker, 15, was one of five Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment horses spooked when rubble was dropped through a plastic tunnel while they were on an exercise in Belgravia on 24 April last year.

From BBC

But for Belgravia's gilded set, being told to leave the rarefied streets and return to a supposedly less desirable part of the English capital cuts deep.

From BBC

As private investigator and trailblazing psychologist Maisie Dobbs tries to help a small group of youth and a badly wounded soldier who are sheltering illegally in the Belgravia mansion of a friend, the various secrets the squatters harbor have implications that bring Scotland Yard calling and involve Dobbs’ deceased first husband.

From Los Angeles Times