Whitehall
English
Etymology
From Middle English whit (“white”) + halgh (“corner, nook; hall”).
Proper noun
Whitehall (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehalls)
- A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
- (UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The British government or civil service
- 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32:
- It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK."
- An urban district of Bristol, England.
- A city, the county seat of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitehall is the 39117th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 563 individuals. Whitehall is most common among White (66.43%) and Black/African American (21.14%) individuals.
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitehall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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