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Whitehall
[hwahyt-hawl, wahyt-]
noun
Also called Whitehall Palace.a former palace in central London, England, originally built in the reign of Henry III: execution of Charles I, 1649.
the main thoroughfare in London, England, between Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament.
the British government or its policies.
a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
Whitehall
/ ˌɲɪˈɔː /
noun
a street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament: site of the main government offices
the British Government or its central administration
Example Sentences
Senior figures in Whitehall are concerned negotiations are reaching a crunch point this week, when an order for fresh raw materials needs to be placed in order to keep the blast furnaces going.
A senior Whitehall figure suggested there were moments in the Cold War that were "more perilous", but the problems then were "more simple – it's so complicated now".
Whitehall officials say they had anticipated the prospect of Israel striking Iran.
Since then, officials on each side have remained in contact, but the conversations up to now were described to me by a Whitehall source as "not in earnest…not anything substantial".
A rally involving several thousand people took place in Whitehall in January after police blocked plans to hold a march from Portland Place, near the headquarters of the BBC.
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