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Silicon Roundabout

Silicon Roundabout proper noun: east London Tech City, a technology cluster in Shoreditch, East London.

Proper noun

Silicon Roundabout

  1. (UK, humorous) East London Tech City, a technology cluster in Shoreditch, East London.
    • Before long, Silicon Roundabout had indeed been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and even No 10. Silicon Roundabout became the cornerstone of the government's new Tech City strategy, whose idea was to nurture our little homegrown tech district to see if it couldn't be fanned into full...2014 March 10, Cory Doctorow, “The slow death of Silicon Roundabout”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    • Even advocates of creative transition don't have long to enjoy its fruits. It’s almost forgotten now that, before it became Silicon Roundabout, the tech hub around London's Shoreditch was known briefly as an artists' stronghold.2014 June 24, Feargus O'Sullivan, “The Pernicious Realities of 'Artwashing'”, in Bloomberg

Examples of Silicon Roundabout in a sentence

  • Before long, Silicon Roundabout had indeed been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and even No 10.2014 March 10, Cory Doctorow, “The slow death of Silicon Roundabout”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  • Silicon Roundabout started as a very British joke.2020, Chris McMillan, “Producing Cool”, in The London Dream: Migration and the Mythology of the City, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:
  • Insiders say London’s tech sector is now as strong as it has ever been, but is the closure of these spaces evidence that Cameron’s Silicon Roundabout vision failed, or that it succeeded?2021 September 16, Oscar Williams, “The last days of Silicon Roundabout”, in The New Statesman:

Origin of Silicon Roundabout

From silicon + (Old Street) Roundabout.

Questions about Silicon Roundabout

What does Silicon Roundabout mean?
Silicon Roundabout means east London Tech City, a technology cluster in Shoreditch, East London.
How do you use Silicon Roundabout in a sentence?
Before long, Silicon Roundabout had indeed been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and even No 10.
What part of speech is Silicon Roundabout?
Silicon Roundabout is a proper noun.

Words near Silicon Roundabout in the dictionary

  1. silicon oxycarbide glass
  2. silicon photonics
  3. silicon planet
  4. silicon planets
  5. Silicon Prairie
  6. Silicon Roundabout
  7. silicon rubber
  8. Silicon Savannah
  9. Silicon Sentier
  10. silicon shield
  11. Silicon Slopes

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