Albertopolisn.

Brit.

/ˌalbəˈtɒpəlɪs/,

/ˌalbəˈtɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S.

/ˌælbərˈtɑpələs/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Albert , -opolis comb. form.

Etymology: < the name of Prince Albert (see Albert n.²) + -opolis comb. form.Prince Albert was a driving force behind the construction on this site of a complex of institutions devoted to science and the arts, following the purchase of the land after the Great Exhibition of 1851. After his death, the association of the area with Prince Albert was reinforced by the construction of the Albert Memorial and the Royal Albert Hall, and later by the renaming of the South Kensington Museum as the Victoria and Albert Museum.

colloquial (originally and chiefly British).

An informal name for: the area of South Kensington in London that is home to various cultural and educational institutions including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal College of Music.

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1860 Times 12 Apr. 8/4 The two propositions..are the extension of the Museum and the transference of the natural history collection to the rising suburb of Albertopolis, south of the Kensington-road.

1867 London Society Nov. 473/2 He..had gone into lodgings in one of a row of houses that stands in that new part of Kensington called ‘Albertopolis’.

1870 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 72 Albertopolis, a facetious appellation given by the Londoners to the Kensington Gore district. Now obsolete.

1984 Burlington Mag. Jan. 47/1 The Royal College of Art, that lumpen modern Schmuckstück in the crown of South Kensington's Albertopolis.

1998 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. 21 The newly restored golden statue of Albert faces the Albertopolis, with a look of studious satisfaction.

2007 M. Alexander Medievalism Introd. p. xxi The Kensington campus of ‘Albertopolis’, comprising the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Albert Hall, is largely, if variously, medieval in its stylistic inspiration.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	albertopolis
释义	Albertopolisn. Brit. /ˌalbəˈtɒpəlɪs/, /ˌalbəˈtɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S. /ˌælbərˈtɑpələs/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Albert , -opolis comb. form. Etymology: < the name of Prince Albert (see Albert n.²) + -opolis comb. form.Prince Albert was a driving force behind the construction on this site of a complex of institutions devoted to science and the arts, following the purchase of the land after the Great Exhibition of 1851. After his death, the association of the area with Prince Albert was reinforced by the construction of the Albert Memorial and the Royal Albert Hall, and later by the renaming of the South Kensington Museum as the Victoria and Albert Museum. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). An informal name for: the area of South Kensington in London that is home to various cultural and educational institutions including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal College of Music. ΚΠ 1860 Times 12 Apr. 8/4 The two propositions..are the extension of the Museum and the transference of the natural history collection to the rising suburb of Albertopolis, south of the Kensington-road. 1867 London Society Nov. 473/2 He..had gone into lodgings in one of a row of houses that stands in that new part of Kensington called ‘Albertopolis’. 1870 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 72 Albertopolis, a facetious appellation given by the Londoners to the Kensington Gore district. Now obsolete. 1984 Burlington Mag. Jan. 47/1 The Royal College of Art, that lumpen modern Schmuckstück in the crown of South Kensington's Albertopolis. 1998 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. 21 The newly restored golden statue of Albert faces the Albertopolis, with a look of studious satisfaction. 2007 M. Alexander Medievalism Introd. p. xxi The Kensington campus of ‘Albertopolis’, comprising the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Albert Hall, is largely, if variously, medieval in its stylistic inspiration. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1860
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