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Greater London

American  

noun

  1. London.


Greater London British  

noun

  1. See London

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Since January, at least 895,657 hectares of land – nearly six times the size of Greater London – have been burned.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Metropolitan Police had received a report of an attempted burglary in the Greater London area, the statement said, with the initial investigation carried out by the Metropolitan Police and Counter Terrorism Policing London.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The North West of England received the highest number of awards with 217, two more than Greater London.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The company provides water to customers across parts of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Surrey, the Thames Valley, Greater London, and the surrounding areas, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Council as a whole displayed a voracious appetite for work, and rendered, without fee or reward, a service to Greater London which no money could have purchased.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell

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