Dictionary

Londoner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɐn.də.nə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlʌn.də.nɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈlʌn.də.nə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Londonere, from Old English Lundenware, Lundenwaran pl (“Londoners”), from Lunden (“London”) + -ware pl (suffix denoting inhabitants), equivalent to London + -er (“inhabitant of”, demonymic suffix).

Meanings

1. A person from, or an inhabitant of, London.
   • Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability." 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
   • But the raw material that the Underground had to work on - Londoners themselves - was possibly not of the best. In 1905 Charles Yerkes had said: Londoners are the worst people to get a move on I ever knew. To see them board and get off a train one thinks they had a thousand years to do it in; still they are getting better, and in the end I shall work them down to an allowance of thirty seconds. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 214:

Forms

Relateds

Cockney

Synonyms

Londonite

Translations (70)

pt londrino (person from or inhabitant of London) · ar لَنْدَنِيَّة (person from or inhabitant of London) · bn লন্ডনী (person from or inhabitant of London) · de Londoner (person from or inhabitant of London) · it londinese (person from or inhabitant of London) · cs Londýňanka (person from or inhabitant of London) · mk ло́ндонец (person from or inhabitant of London) · mk лондо́нчанка (person from or inhabitant of London) · ca londinenc (person from or inhabitant of London) · pl londynka (person from or inhabitant of London) · sk Londýnčan (person from or inhabitant of London) · da londoner (person from or inhabitant of London) · ang Lundenisċ (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Лондо́нац (person from or inhabitant of London) · tr Londralı (person from or inhabitant of London) · sk Londýnčanka (person from or inhabitant of London) · hu londoni (person from or inhabitant of London) · el Λονδρέζα (person from or inhabitant of London) · be лонданец (person from or inhabitant of London) · cmn 倫敦人 /伦敦人 (person from or inhabitant of London) · tl Londinense (person from or inhabitant of London) · sv Londonbo (person from or inhabitant of London) · uk ло́ндонець (person from or inhabitant of London) · cs Londýňan (person from or inhabitant of London) · ru лондонча́нина (person from or inhabitant of London) · pl londyńczyk (person from or inhabitant of London) · eu londrestar (person from or inhabitant of London) · es londinense (person from or inhabitant of London) · io Londonano (person from or inhabitant of London) · uk ло́ндонка (person from or inhabitant of London) · ca londinenca (person from or inhabitant of London) · mr लंडनकर (person from or inhabitant of London) · ru лондонча́нин (person from or inhabitant of London) · de Londonerin (person from or inhabitant of London) · nn londonar (person from or inhabitant of London) · el Λονδρέζος (person from or inhabitant of London) · ga Londaineach (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Londončanin (person from or inhabitant of London) · pt londrina (person from or inhabitant of London) · gl londinense (person from or inhabitant of London) · eo londonano (person from or inhabitant of London) · fi lontoolainen (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Лондончанин (person from or inhabitant of London) · ro londoneză (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Londónac (person from or inhabitant of London) · mk ло́ндонка (person from or inhabitant of London) · ru ло́ндонец (person from or inhabitant of London) · is Lundúnabúi (person from or inhabitant of London) · cy Llundeiniwr (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Lòndōnka (person from or inhabitant of London) · ka ლონდონელი (person from or inhabitant of London) · hy Լոնդոնցի (person from or inhabitant of London) · fr Londonienne (person from or inhabitant of London) · nl Londense (person from or inhabitant of London) · et londonlane (person from or inhabitant of London) · af Londenaar (person from or inhabitant of London) · ru ло́ндонка (person from or inhabitant of London) · gv Lunninagh (person from or inhabitant of London) · sv londonbo (person from or inhabitant of London) · ar لَنْدَنِيّ (person from or inhabitant of London) · nb londoner (person from or inhabitant of London) · sh Ло̀ндо̄нка (person from or inhabitant of London) · fr Londonien (person from or inhabitant of London) · is Lundúnabúa (person from or inhabitant of London) · be лонданка (person from or inhabitant of London) · nl Londenaar (person from or inhabitant of London) · ko 런던 사람 (person from or inhabitant of London) · ja ロンドン人 (person from or inhabitant of London) · mk лондо́нчанец (person from or inhabitant of London) · ro londonez (person from or inhabitant of London)