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固有名詞

Albertopolis

1. (informal) An area of South Kensington, London, that contains a large number of educational and cultural sites.
   • 1861 April 15, Photography and the Exhibition of 1862, The Photographic Journal, Volume 7, page 149,

     Of course there will be a collection of unprecedented merit in the temple about to be raised in Albertopolis.

   • 2002, Hermione Hobhouse, The Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition: Science, Art and Productive Industry: A History of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, page 243,

     As the nineteenth century and the Queen's reign ended, new players and new attitudes were to sweep away a lot of the characteristics of Albertopolis, including some of its small-town qualities, the nepotism, its interwoven employment and its interests — what we might call its 'cronyism'.

   • 2005, Leo Hollis, Historic London Walks, page 208,

     One of the first public spaces to be developed in Albertopolis was the garden of the RHS,^{[Royal Horticultural Society]} yet it did not last long at this location.