Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe highest levels of British government and civil service; the institutions of Westminster and Whitehall.
The SW1 postcode district (from initialism of south-western) covers an area of central London that includes Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster, many government ministries, and Buckingham Palace.
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