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Greater London [r]: Add brief definition or description
Home Counties [r]: Add brief definition or description
England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. ^[e]
Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. ^[e]
United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ^[e]
Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
European Union [r]: Political and economic association of 27 European states. ^[e]

Cockney [r]: Working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End, or form of English spoken by this group. ^[e]
Multicultural London English [r]: Add brief definition or description
Received Pronunciation [r]: British English accent that developed in educational institutions in the nineteenth century and is associated with the wealthy and powerful in the United Kingdom, rather than a geographic region, and which few British people actually use; 'refined' RP, even rarer, is colloquially referred to as 'posh'. ^[e]
English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. ^[e]

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 *{{pl|London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham}}
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 *{{pl|London Borough of Harrow|Harrow}}
 *{{pl|London Borough of Havering|Havering}}
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 *{{pl|London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon}}
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 *{{pl|London Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham}}
 *{{pl|London Borough of Merton|Merton}}
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 *{{pl|London Borough of Newham|Newham}}
 *{{pl|London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge}}