Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard
petite rue de Londres, près du pont de Westminster, où siégeaient les services centraux de la police londonienne, nommés cour. Scotland Yard. En 1967, ce siège a été déplacé sur le quai (nommé New Scotland Yard).

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  • Scotland Yard — Scotland Yard, nombre con que se conoce a la policía de Londres, después de su reorganización en 1829. Ese año, se instaló en dependencias traseras de un castillo medieval que había pertenecido a la nobleza escocesa, del que tomó el nombre.… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Scotland Yard — [so named because orig. the residence of the kings of Scotland when in London] 1. short street in London, off Whitehall, orig. the site of police headquarters 2. headquarters of the metropolitan London police, on the Thames embankment since 1890 …   English World dictionary

  • Scotland Yard — used allusively for London Metropolitan Police, 1864, from name of short street off Whitehall, London; from 1829 to 1890 headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Force, hence, the force itself, especially the detective branch. After 1890, located… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Scotland Yard — er en populær betegnelse for Londons kriminalpoliti. De fik navnet efter den bygning de oprindelig opererede fra …   Danske encyklopædi

  • Scotland Yard — (izg. skòtland jȃrd) m DEFINICIJA zgrada u kojoj je smještena glavna uprava londonske policije (službeno New S. Y.) i često sinonim za londonsku policiju, osobito njezin kriminalistički odjel ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Scotland Yard — For other uses, see Scotland Yard (disambiguation). New Scotland Yard, London Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London, UK. It derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police… …   Wikipedia

  • Scotland Yard — New Scotland Yard heute, 10 Broadway. New Scotland Yard [ˌskɒtləndˈjɑːd] (engl. für „(neuer) schottischer Hof“), häufig kurz Scotland Yard oder auch nur The Yard genannt, ist das Hauptquartier des Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), wird aber auch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Scotland Yard — 1. a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard). 2. the metropolitan police of London, esp. the branch engaged in crime… …   Universalium

  • Scotland Yard — Scot|land Yard 〈[ skɔ̣tlənd ja:(r)d] ohne Artikel〉 (Hauptdienststelle der) Londoner Kriminalpolizei [engl., „schottischer Platz“ (nach dem Sitz des Dienstgebäudes in London)] * * * Scot|land Yard [ skɔtlənd jɑ:d ], der; [nach der früheren Lage… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Scotland Yard — New Scotland Yard, Londres. Scotland Yard, también conocido como The Yard, es una metonimia para la Policía Metropolitana de Londres,[1] [2 …   Wikipedia Español

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