Mayfair

[ mey-fair ]

/ ˈmeɪˌfɛər /

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noun

a fashionable neighborhood in London, England, E of Hyde Park.

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Words nearby Mayfair

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How to use Mayfair in a sentence

That structure will more directly connect the Mayfair neighborhood and Parkside development with the Minnesota Avenue Metro station and the Deanwood community to the east.
D.C. to replace collapsed pedestrian bridge over Route 295, Bowser says|Luz Lazo|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
She added that the bridges will better connect residents in neighborhoods such as Mayfair, Parkside and Eastland Gardens.
D.C. to replace collapsed pedestrian bridge over Route 295, Bowser says|Luz Lazo|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
After dinner at Scott’s in Mayfair with Boris Johnson—now the UK’s prime minister, Johnson was then mayor of London and the proud initiator of the city’s first bike-sharing program—Johnson hops on a bike to ride home.
Why the Financial Times was ready for the financial crisis, but not Brexit|Oliver Staley|March 27, 2021|Quartz
In time, if you look hard enough, you’ll find the earliest games he purchased, including Mayfair.
Could GoFundMe campaigns save our cultural collections? Las Vegas’s Pinball Hall of Fame is banking on it.|Kate Silver|February 26, 2021|Washington Post

Every day, I drove from my flat in Mayfair to Abbey Road in joyous expectation of what magic I would be participating in that day.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once the polonium had been recognized, police were able to trace the source of the poison to the Millennium hotel in Mayfair.
Brits Investigate Assassination of the Spy Who Warned Us About Putin|Nico Hines|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The shocking abuse saw Nigella, 53, leave Scott's restaurant in Mayfair in floods of tears.
Art Kingpin Charles Saatchi Photographed Squeezing Nigella Lawson's Throat In London Restaurant|Tom Sykes|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They arrived and departed the event separately, but they then moved on to Le Salon nightclub in Mayfair together.
Why Did Prince Harry and Cressida Come Out?|Tom Sykes|February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Inside Hakkasan restaurant in Mayfair, the pair were spotted “openly flirting with one another” as they ate.
Pippa Middleton's New Man is St Barth's Heir|Tom Sykes|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Farm Street, in Mayfair, has its name from a farm which was still there in the middle of the eighteenth century.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
During the greater part of his life he resided in Hertford Street, Mayfair, where he lived till he retired.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4|Various
He instinctively clutched the paper in the hand which held the Mayfair Gazette, the newspaper concealing it.
The Arbiter|Lady F. E. E. Bell
The revival of old English dances dates from this period, but if Punch is to be trusted, made little impression on Mayfair.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
We have evidence that he constantly moved in the best circles in Mayfair, and apparently without the slightest compunction.
The Sign of Silence|William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for Mayfair

Mayfair

/ (ˈmeɪˌfɛə) /

noun

a fashionable district of west central London

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