Etymograph

English

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly + circus.

A compound of Piccadilly + circus

Spanish *picadillo ‘salad’

English Piccadilly

Latin circus ‘ring, circle’

Middle English circus

English circus

Today it means

name A traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.

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