Londonistan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Londonistan
C20: from London + Persian -stan place of; modelled on Pakistan and Afghanistan
Example Sentences
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Trump has come under fire before for retweeting Hopkins, who has referred to London as “stab city” and “Khan’s Londonistan.”
From Washington Post
Mr. Trump was responding to a tweet by Ms. Hopkins about London’s knife crime that referred to the city as “Khan’s Londonistan.”
From Washington Times
Mr Trump retweeted a post from right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins blaming the violence on "Khan's Londonistan".
From BBC
The original post by Hopkins called the capital “Stab-City” and “Khan’s Londonistan” alongside two screenshots of BBC News articles detailing the violence.
From The Guardian
In a speech that year, Katie Hopkins, a controversial conservative British media personality, lamented what she said was her country’s embrace of the “Muslim mafia” and the “pocket-size Muslim mayor of Londonistan.”
From Washington Post
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