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Greater London

Greater London

2.6
An area that includes London and its nearby boroughs
  • proper noun
translation icon : Gran Londres
  • The Greater London region is known for its diverse neighborhoods and historic landmarks.
  • Greater London Authority

Examples

  • Transport links across Greater London make it easy to commute from the suburbs to the city center.

  • In Greater London, 17 babies have died in the last seven days, with a further 14 deaths reported from Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.

    The Final Conflict (1981)

  • The Greater London area has many parks and green spaces that residents enjoy throughout the year.

Synonyms

London
vsGreater London
∞ 1.0

The capital city of England and the United Kingdom on the River Thames

is the wider administrative area that includes the city and nearby boroughs

Surface Forms

Greater London main

Morphology

greater + London

The meaning is transparently compositional: 'greater' (larger/wider) modifies 'London', signalling the larger metropolitan area that includes London plus surrounding boroughs. This adjective + place-name pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer the intended meaning even if they might not know the formal administrative boundaries.

Etymology

Greater London uses greater to mean 'larger' and London for the city, so the name was made to show the city together with the towns and suburbs around it. So, Greater London means the capital plus its nearby boroughs as one big area.