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Whitehall

//ˈwaɪthɔːl// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The British government or civil service UK, broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable

    "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?"

  3. 3
    A number of other places in England:; An eastern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6174). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of other places in England:; A hamlet in Hemyock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1214). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of other places in England:; A hamlet in Marwood parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5337). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of other places in England:; A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7452). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of other places in England:; A hamlet in Sandon parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3331). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of other places in England:; A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6920). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of other places in England:; A hamlet in Shipley parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1321). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A village on the isle of Stronsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY6528). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1638). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Poinsett County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; Former spelling of White Hall, California. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A city and township in Muskegon County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jefferson County, Montana. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Washington County, New York. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Franklin County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    A surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    the British civil service wordnet

Etymology

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

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