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Lundonia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Latin Londīnium via a medieval Germanic intermediate, probably Old English Lunden or Old Norse Lundún (as Lundonia is found in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum).

Proper noun

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Lundonia f (genitive Lundoniae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) London

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative.

singular plural
nominative Lundonia Lundoniae
genitive Lundoniae Lundoniārum
dative Lundoniae Lundoniīs
accusative Lundoniam Lundoniās
ablative Lundoniā Lundoniīs
vocative Lundonia Lundoniae
locative Lundoniae Lundoniīs

Note: The plural is used to designate the city in some parts of Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (see Liber IX, line 47 or liber XI, line 86) without any seeming shift in meaning (see liber VIII, line 447 for comparison).