Silvertown

English

Etymology

Silver +‎ town, after S. W. Silver and Co, a company that established a rubber works there in 1852.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɪlvətaʊn/

Proper noun

Silvertown

  1. An industrial district in the West Ham area of the London Borough of Newham, on the north bank of the Thames.
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