Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

London \Lon"don\, n.
   The capital city of England.

   {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and
      unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and
      other morbid enlargements.

   {London pride}. (Bot.)
   (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial
       herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great
       Britain.
   (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior.

   {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium
      Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins
      of the great fire of 1667.

Source : WordNet®

London
     n 1: the capital and largest city of England; located on the
          Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial
          and cultural center [syn: {Greater London}, {British
          capital}, {capital of the United Kingdom}]
     2: United States writer of novels based on experiences in the
        Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) [syn: {Jack London}, {John
        Griffith Chaney}]