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Hampstead

American  
[hamp-stid, -sted] / ˈhæmp stɪd, -stɛd /

noun

  1. a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.


Hampstead British  
/ ˈhæmpstɪd /

noun

  1. a residential district in N London: part of the Greater London borough of Camden since 1965; nearby is Hampstead Heath , a popular recreation area

"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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Ms. Lewin is particularly suspicious of Keats House in London’s Hampstead, where the poet lived for less than two years, hardly long enough to leave a material impression on his surroundings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Chan first came to the attention of staff for filming children at the nursery, in Finchley Road, West Hampstead, in May 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The Hampstead and Highgate MP described the process as "flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end".

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Jones said that during the winter "only members of the Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club can use the pond, by long-standing arrangement".

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

And in the afternoon Mother took me to Hampstead Heath in a taxi and we sat on the top of a hill and looked at the planes coming into Heathrow Airport in the distance.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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