Covent Garden

[ kuhv-uhnt, kov- ]

noun

1. a district in central London, England, formerly a vegetable and flower market.
2. a theater in this district, first built 1731–32, important in English theatrical history: home of the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet.

Covent Garden

/ ˈkɒv-; ˈkʌvənt /

noun

1. a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
2. the Royal Opera House (built 1858) in Covent Garden

Example Sentences

TGI Fridays opened its first restaurant in New York in 1965 and its first UK restaurant in Covent Garden two decades later.

From BBC

The Garrick has long welcomed women as guests, including at a communal table in the majestic dining room in the club’s imposing building in Covent Garden.

From New York Times

That suggested they had galloped across much of London, from Westminster through Covent Garden and past the financial district.

From New York Times

On a side street in Covent Garden stands an imposing palazzo-style building, strangely out of place amid the burger joints and neon marquees of London’s theater district.

From New York Times

On a side street in Covent Garden stands an imposing palazzo-style building, strangely out of place amid the burger joints and neon marquees of London’s theater district.

From New York Times