Eldonian

English

Etymology

From Eldon +‎ -ian, from Eldon Street in Vauxhall.

Adjective

Eldonian (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the area around Eldon Street and Burlington Street in Vauxhall, especially involving the tenants rights organization or housing cooperative there.
   • 2005, Tasleem Shakur, Cities in Transition: Transforming the Global Built Environment, page 66:

     As well, the tempering process that the Eldonian residents had gone through in their battles with the City Council and their success in the redevelopment of their housing meant that they strongly identified with their community.

   • 2008, Paul Drewe, Juan-Luis Klein, Edward Hulsbergen, The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization, page 128:

     In short, and in the words of the nomination for the World Habitat Award given to the Eldonians in 2004, the Eldonian project demonstrates "how local communities can bring about significant and lasting improvements, not only to their housing but also to many other aspects of their lives" (Diacon, 2004:5).

   • 2017, Maarten van Ham, Darja Reuschke, Reinout Kleinhans, Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods, page 239:

     Another good example of this approach to neighbourhood regeneration is the Eldonian Village in the Vauxhall area of inner city Liverpool.

Noun

Eldonian (plural Eldonians)

1. A member of the tenants' rights group or housing cooperative in the Eldonian area organized in the late 1970s by Tony McGann.
   • 1997, Charles Leadbeater, The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur:

     The Eldonians ' development became caught up in the struggle for power on the council between the Liberals and Labour and later between different factions within the Labour party.

   • 2005, Tasleem Shakur, Cities in Transition: Transforming the Global Built Environment, page 65:

     The relationship between the Eldonians and Liverpool City Council is very different today to what it was in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

   • 2008, Paul Drewe, Juan-Luis Klein, Edward Hulsbergen, The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization, page 128:

     In short, and in the words of the nomination for the World Habitat Award given to the Eldonians in 2004, the Eldonian project demonstrates "how local communities can bring about significant and lasting improvements, not only to their housing but also to many other aspects of their lives" (Diacon, 2004:5).

Anagrams

• anneloid, neolanid, nonideal