the Bloomsbury Group

the Bloomsbury Group
UK [ˈbluːmzb(ə)rɪ ˌɡruːp] / US [ˈblumzb(ə)rɪ ˌɡrup]
a group of writers and artists, including Virginia Woolf, who lived and worked in the early part of the 20th century

Etymology:
From "Bloomsbury", an area of central London where the group regularly met.

English dictionary. 2014.

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