- Also called: City of Westminster a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
- the Houses of Parliament at Westminster
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West•min•ster
(west′min′stər),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa central borough (officially a city) of Greater London, England: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace. 214,000.
- Place Namesa city in SW California. 71,133.
- Place Namesa city in NE Colorado. 50,211.
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Westminster /ˈwɛstˌmɪnstə/ n
'Westminster' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Charing Cross
- Downing Street
- Gill
- Hume
- Manning
- Moya
- Murphy-O'Connor
- Northern Ireland
- Pugin
- Scone
- Sinn Féin
- Soho
- Stow
- West Lothian question
- Westm.
- Westminster Abbey
- Wiseman
- Edward the Confessor
- New Westminster
- nisi prius
- Paddington
- Westminster Assembly
- Shorter Catechism