Bakerloo
UK/beɪkəˈluː/US/beɪkɚˈlu/
Bakerloo proper noun: the Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
Proper noun
Bakerloo
- The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
- It was the Evening News, I know, which had a competition for naming one of the Tube lines. Hence our Bakerloo.1945 July and August, John Gibbons, “Thirty Years of The Railway Magazine”, in Railway Magazine, page 228
Origin of Bakerloo
Blend of Baker Street + Waterloo.
Words that rhyme with Bakerloo
Questions about Bakerloo
- What does Bakerloo mean?
- Bakerloo means the Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
- What part of speech is Bakerloo?
- Bakerloo is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bakerloo?
- Bakerloo is pronounced /beɪkəˈluː/ (UK).
Words near Bakerloo in the dictionary
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