Londonistan

/ lʌnˈdʌnɪˌstɑːn /

noun

1. an informal name for London, as considered by some people as a base for radical Islamists

Word History and Origins

Origin of Londonistan¹

C20: from London + Persian -stan place of; modelled on Pakistan and Afghanistan

Example Sentences

Ms. Hall also faced criticism after previously suggesting that the Notting Hill carnival, a famous annual Caribbean street event in West London, should potentially be relocated in the interests of public safety, and liking a social media post describing Mr. Khan as “the nipple-high mayor of Londonistan.”

From New York Times

Beto O’Rourke; liberal Hollywood, “the true racists”; the “anti-Semite” Representative Rashida Tlaib; “nut job” Anthony Scaramucci, the former Trump White House communications director who finally broke with his former boss last month; and, in a retweet to start off the month, “the nipple-height mayor of Londonistan.”

From The New Yorker

Trump has come under fire before for retweeting Hopkins, who has referred to London as “stab city” and “Khan’s Londonistan.”

From Washington Post

Mr. Trump was responding to a tweet by Ms. Hopkins about London’s knife crime that referred to the city as “Khan’s Londonistan.”

From Washington Times

Mr Trump retweeted a post from right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins blaming the violence on "Khan's Londonistan".

From BBC