White City
Proper noun
Meaning
A neighbourhood around Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2380).
A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
Eric Larson, 2003 p135, The Devil in the White City; Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.
Dlamini Senaoane, Zola, Zondi, Jabulani, Emdeni and White City were for Zulus and Xhosas.
Muslim Saraqusta (today, Zaragoza) was also called "Medina Albaida", the White City, due to the appearance of its alabaster walls and palaces, which stood out among gardens, groves and orchards by the Ebro and Huerva Rivers.
NATIONAL hero Cde Absolom Sikhosana will be buried tomorrow at the National Heroes Acre in Harare after a memorial service which is being held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo now.
Mnangagwa survived a grenade explosion at a rally with his two Vice-Presidents — Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi — at White City Stadium in Bulawayo in July 2018.
However, as Erik Larson's gorgeously written Devil in the White City shows, no expense was spared on the Chicago contingent in order to land the fair, thus catapulting the Second City to the the status it knows today.