Arsenal
/ˈɑːsənl/
/ˈɑːrsənl/
- a football club in north London. The name Arsenal and the nickname of the club, ‘the Gunners’, come from the club's origin in the 1880s, when the players worked at the Royal Arsenal, the place where army weapons were stored. The club has been quite successful in English and European competitions since the 1930s.
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