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Whitehall en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʍaɪthɔːl/
  • /ˈwaɪthɔːl/

Etymology

From Middle English whit (“white”) + halgh (“corner, nook; hall”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
  2. (UK, broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable) The British government or civil service
    • It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK." 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32:
    • […] both Whitehall and Downing Street are in a blue funk lest they should do the wrong thing, either let the man slip away with the papers or arrest him without them. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
    • Britain's securocracy — Whitehall spymasters, backed up by government lawyers, engaged in the increasingly thankless task of preserving state secrets — are faced with an intriguing conundrum. What do they do when the bulwark they have been relying on for so long to protect their secrets crumbles before their eyes? 2000 July 27, Richard Norton-Taylor, “Analysis: The secret's out”, in the Guardian:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ An eastern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6174).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Hemyock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1214).
  5. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Marwood parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5337).
  6. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7452).
  7. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Sandon parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3331).
  8. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6920).
  9. (countable, uncountable) A number of other places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Shipley parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1321).
  10. (countable, uncountable) A village on the isle of Stronsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY6528).
  11. (countable, uncountable) A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1638).
  12. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ Former spelling of White Hall, California.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city and township in Muskegon County, Michigan.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Jefferson County, Montana.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village therein, in Washington County, New York.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Franklin County, Ohio.
  24. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
  26. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia.
  27. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
  28. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Middle English.

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Relateds

Downing Street