Mayfair
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mayfair in British English:
UK [ˈmeifeə]
How to pronounce Mayfair in American English:
US [ˈmeˌfɛr]
Word Origin
- Mayfair
- fashionable district of London, developed 18c., built on Brook fields, where an annual May fair had been held 17c.
Example
- 1. It is the current rage of mayfair high society in jolly , kinky london .
- 2. Yet this latest position was rather different : she had applied to be a receptionist at a small office building in mayfair .
- 3. Otc markets are important to the city of london in its widest sense , including the offshoots in canary wharf and mayfair .
- 4. They live in a sumptuously furnished flat in mayfair .
- 5. I 'm a hedge fund manager and I fear I 'm going to be lynched on my way in to work in mayfair .