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Mayfair

Syllabification: (May·fair)
Pronunciation: /ˈmāˌfe(ə)r/
Definition of Mayfair
  • a fashionable and opulent district in the West End of London.

Origin:

originally the site of a fair held annually in May in the 17th and 18th cents

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