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Fleet Street

/ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/ · name

Meaning

  1. A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.
  2. English journalism or journalists as a group.

Etymology / origin

From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs; see fleet (“arm of the sea; stream”) for more.

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