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| capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center |
British capital
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capital of the United Kingdom
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Greater London
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London
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| borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey |
City of Westminster
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Westminster
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| county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary |
Essex
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| borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time |
Greenwich
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| city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England |
Reading
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| county in southeastern England on the Thames |
Surrey
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| fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels |
Tower of London
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