Belgravia


a fashionable district in London, England, adjoining Hyde Park.
Contemporary Examples

‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Why There’s Room for More Than One Holmes Allen Barra November 28, 2012

Historical Examples

Rides on Railways Samuel Sidney
The Christian Hall Caine
Franklin Kane Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A Rent In A Cloud Charles James Lever
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux
A Tramp’s Wallet William Duthie
Social Transformations of the Victorian Age T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
The Life of James McNeill Whistler Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 Various

noun
a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square

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