Canary Wharf

English

Etymology

From the old wharf in the West India Docks, named for the fruit trade from the Canary Islands.

Proper noun

Canary Wharf

1. A business district on the Isle of Dogs, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
   • 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), page 147:

     Canary Wharf – the words were grey to her, perhaps because of the colour of the glass or the river there or because it was on the Jubilee line.