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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard proper noun: the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.

scotland yard: the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force
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Proper noun

Scotland Yard

  1. (UK) The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
    • I, for my part, drew up as full a précis of the case as I deemed advisable, and as time permitted, which I despatched by one of the company’s police to Scotland Yard.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
  2. (metonymically) The police in London.

Scotland Yard meaning in Tamil and Arabic

Scotland Yard in Tamil

லண்டன் காவல்துறை நிலையம், பிரிட்டன் தலைநகரப் போலிஸ்

Scotland Yard in Arabic

headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force
سْكُوتْلَانْد يَارْد skūtlānd yārd

Synonyms of Scotland Yard

Origin of Scotland Yard

From the address, originally at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall, then at New Scotland Yard on the Embankment, and (currently) at New Scotland Yard in Westminster.

Words formed from Scotland Yard

Questions about Scotland Yard

What does Scotland Yard mean?
Scotland Yard means the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
What is Scotland Yard in Tamil?
Scotland Yard in Tamil is லண்டன் காவல்துறை நிலையம், பிரிட்டன் தலைநகரப் போலிஸ். See Scotland Yard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Scotland Yard?
Scotland Yard is a proper noun.

Words near Scotland Yard in the dictionary

  1. Scotizing
  2. Scotland
  3. Scotland County
  4. Scotland Island
  5. Scotland of the East
  6. Scotland Yard
  7. Scotland-like
  8. Scotlander
  9. Scotlanders
  10. scotlandite
  11. Scotlandwards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Scotland Yard (page history and authors); Scotland Yard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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