Scotland Yard en · PROPN
Etymology
From the address, originally at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall, then at New Scotland Yard on the Embankment, and (currently) at New Scotland Yard in Westminster.
Meanings
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(UK) The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
I, for my part, drew up as full a précis of the case as I deemed advisable, and as time permitted, which I despatched by one of the company’s police to Scotland Yard.
1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- (metonymically) The police in London.
Deriveds
New Scotland Yard · Great Scotland Yard · Old Scotland Yard
Synonyms
Translations (9)
el Σκότλαντ Γιαρντ (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · ja スコットランドヤード (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · cmn 蘇格蘭場 /苏格兰场 (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · fi Scotland Yard (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · de Scotland Yard (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · ru Ско́тланд-Ярд (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · mk Скотланд Јард (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · ar سْكُوتْلَانْد يَارْد (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force) · fr Scotland Yard (headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force)