2007-01-01 23:35:06 · 17 answers · asked by emzc 4 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
Years ago back in time it used to be where they used to have circuses in Piccadilly. That is why it was named Piccadilly circus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus
2007-01-01 23:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by CT 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In Singapore it is. Circus = Roundabout.
Piccadilly Circus is situated in Seletar Camp at the end of Jalan Kayu. Seletar Camp was built by the British, hence the name Piccadilly Circus for the roundabout.
2007-01-01 23:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by george 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yess, Piccadilly Circus is a circular open space (a circus).
2007-01-01 23:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by toxisoft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in the terms of the amount of people and cars there but not in the clowns and acrobats terms!
Things you will see in Piccadilly Circus:
Students with backpacks sitting on the Eros statue
Men with giant "GOLF SALE" signs looking bored
Lots of tourists walking very slowly holding everyone up
A giant Burger King under the lights with people who don't speak engish ordering burgers from people who don't speak english
Beggars and Big Issue Sellers
People wondering around inside the tube station looking for the correct exit not being aware the're all next to each other once they get up top.
Lillywhites - the most disorganised sports shop ever
Many angus / Aberdeen steak houses with 1980's red velvet seats, mediocre steaks and a very limited desert menu
Planet Hollywood - home of the overpriced burger
2007-01-02 23:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Carrie S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The word circus means anything which is round as in circle. Therefore a road junction which is circular is a circus. A peforming circus is performed in a ring, which of course is circular.
2007-01-01 23:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by mayhewkenneth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is just a name. Just a busy place (roundabout). Hence the phrase *Its like piccadilly circus* (used when somewhere is busy)
2007-01-01 23:39:17 · answer #6 · answered by dotty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think most people are missing the point of this post.
I believe this is a joke referring to the story in the london papers last night regarding the crazy questions tourists have asked the London vistor centre such as :
Who plays at the circus in piccadilly
Does Wales close in the winter
Whats the entrance fee to get into brighton
Are there any lakes in the lake district
What tube line do I get for Edinburgh
and may favourite - can you give me some details on samantha fox!
2007-01-03 02:50:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, piccadilly has a giant calliope and clowns and barking seals. those are merely the natives though
in truth, its name comes from the latin circum - it's a round plaza, hence circus in the literal sense.
2007-01-02 04:37:00 · answer #8 · answered by Super G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one of the definitions of "circus" being a traffic circle. Oxford Circus is another.
2007-01-01 23:43:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A circus is in this case, is when four or five roads meet in the same place
2007-01-01 23:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by Hendo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋