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Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus proper noun: a traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.

Proper noun

Piccadilly Circus

  1. A traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.
    • I've never seen the place so crowded – it was like Piccadilly Circus!

Origin of Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly + circus.

Questions about Piccadilly Circus

What does Piccadilly Circus mean?
Piccadilly Circus means a traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.
What part of speech is Piccadilly Circus?
Piccadilly Circus is a proper noun.

Words near Piccadilly Circus in the dictionary

  1. piccadillo
  2. piccadills
  3. piccadilly
  4. Piccadilly butcher
  5. Piccadilly butchers
  6. Piccadilly Circus
  7. Piccadilly weeper
  8. Piccadilly weepers
  9. piccadils
  10. piccage
  11. piccages

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