Belgravia

[ bel-grey-vee-uh ]

/ bɛlˈgreɪ vi ə /

a fashionable district in London, England, adjoining Hyde Park.

OTHER WORDS FROM Belgravia

Bel·gra·vi·an, adjective

Witness the episode, A Scandal in Belgravia, with its spectacular nude shots of Lara Pulver as Irene Adler.

‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Why There’s Room for More Than One Holmes |Allen Barra |November 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It might have been deposited in Belgravia without in the least seeming out of place: it conformed to the rigid London model.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 |Various
The whole place jarred upon her, fresh as she was from a fine house in Belgravia.

Hodge and His Masters |Richard Jefferies
For a considerable time Miss Braddon conducted Belgravia, in which several of her novels appeared.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 |Various

Yes, she knew what he was—he was the organist at All Saints', Belgravia.

The Christian |Hall Caine
Belgravia is not refined enough for the Avenue de l'Impératrice.

The Cockaynes in Paris |Blanchard Jerrold

Belgravia

/ (bɛlˈɡreɪvɪə) /

a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square