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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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He eventually swapped the Piccadilly stall for an ice cream van and became a familiar sight around Golders Green, Hampstead and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

LFB has advised people in the area to keep their windows and doors shut as 15 fire engines from Willesden, Finchley and West Hampstead tackle the blaze.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Hampstead Heath's bathing ponds will stay trans-inclusive, with new upgrades focused on giving women more privacy, City of London Corporation councillors have said.

From BBC May 13, 2026

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

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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