Hippodrome, London Hippodrome, London The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors. "Hippodrome" is an old word referring to places of entertainment where horse races and the like were staged. The London Hippodrome was opened in 1900. It was designed by Frank Matcham for Moss Empires chaired by Edward Moss and built for £250,000 as a hippodrome for circus and variety performances. The venue gave its
Glossary of the Greek military junta Finally, some are taken from Greece's cultural tradition. Some examples of these terms as well as their contextual meaning follow. Sometimes the terms were combined for stronger effect. As an example "O Skotadismos kai i Synodiporia" meaning Western and Greek leftist sympathisers, in other words internal and external opposition to the junta. It is also worth noting that the junta always communicated in katharevousa Greek with only one exception: "Rahokokalia tou laou" which was specially coined for farmer consumption and it is the only phrase, in the junta vocabulary, to be in demotic Greek. Glossary of the Greek military junta