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Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf proper noun: a business district on the Isle of Dogs, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).

Proper noun

Canary Wharf

  1. A business district on the Isle of Dogs, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
    • Canary Wharf – the words were grey to her, perhaps because of the colour of the glass or the river there or because it was on the Jubilee line.2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), page 147

Origin of Canary Wharf

From the old wharf in the West India Docks, named for the fruit trade from the Canary Islands.

Questions about Canary Wharf

What does Canary Wharf mean?
Canary Wharf means a business district on the Isle of Dogs, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
What part of speech is Canary Wharf?
Canary Wharf is a proper noun.

Words near Canary Wharf in the dictionary

  1. canary release
  2. canary releases
  3. canary seed
  4. canary trap
  5. canary traps
  6. Canary Wharf
  7. canary-flycatcher
  8. canary-flycatchers
  9. canarygrass
  10. canarygrasses
  11. canarying

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