Albertopolis

Definitions

An area of South Kensington, London, that contains a large number of educational and cultural sites.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Of course there will be a collection of unprecedented merit in the temple about to be raised in Albertopolis.”

“As the nineteenth century and the Queen's reign ended, new players and new attitudes were to sweep⟳ away a lot of the characteristics of Albertopolis, including some of its small-town qualities, the nepotism, its interwoven employment and its interests — what we might call⟳ its 'cronyism'.”

“One of the first public spaces to be developed in Albertopolis was the garden of the RHS,^([Royal Horticultural Society]) yet it did not last⟳ long at this location.”

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