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Bel·gra·vi·a

 (bĕl-grā′vē-ə)
A fashionable residential district of southwest London, England, centered on Belgrave Square.
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Belgravia

(bɛlˈɡreɪvɪə)
n
(Placename) a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
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Bel•gra•vi•a

(bɛlˈgreɪ vi ə)

n.
a fashionable district in London, England, adjoining Hyde Park.
Bel•gra′vi•an, adj.
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She considered herself to be of French descent, which might have been true; and after a good many years of married life with a licensed victualler of the more common sort, she provided for the years of widowhood by letting furnished apartments for gentlemen near Vauxhall Bridge Road in a square once of some splendour and still included in the district of Belgravia. This topographical fact was of some advantage in advertising her rooms; but the patrons of the worthy widow were not exactly of the fashionable kind.
When my friend, the fashionable John Pimlico, married the lovely Lady Belgravia Green Parker, the excitement was so general that even the little snuffy old pew-opener who let me into the seat was in tears.
The Vernon Hotel stood, as if by accident, in the corner of a square in Belgravia. It was a small hotel; and a very inconvenient one.
The projects listed by Ellington include homes in Belgravia Heights, Belgravia Square, and Wilton Park Residences.
Dubai-based real estate developer Ellington has shed tips from popular the Kon Mari training programme developed by Japanese organising consultant and author and host of Netflix show Tidying Up With Marie Kond o for residents of its Belgravia 2 homes in the city.
Buyers who could no longer afford Belgravia looked next door in Chelsea, and those searching for property in Chelsea moved into neighbouring Fulham instead.
The allocation of grace-and-favour residences is solely in the gift of the Prime Minister and Mr Blunkett's current Belgravia home is traditionally occupied by the Home Secretary.
At the Sheraton Belgravia in Chesham Place the pleasure begins even before you even reach your comfortable room, as we found out.
Lynn Brittney's "Murder In Belgravia" begins with an aristocrat having been murdered, and his wife, a witness and possible suspect, will only talk to a woman.
Belgravia High School on Saturday received a large number of parents of prospective students in preparation for the academic year starting August, 2019, said a school press release on Sunday.
Other properties in Ellington's portfolio include Belgravia Square, which was launched in late 2018; Belgravia II, which was handed over recently; and Belgravia Heights II, which was launched in June 2018.