English Explanatory Dictionary

Southampton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
  2. Hampshire.
  3. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
  4. A place in Canada:
  5. A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
  6. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  7. A community in Bruce County, Ontario.
  8. A number of places in the United States:
  9. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  10. A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
  11. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
  12. A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

Pronunciation

/saʊθˈæmptən/ /saʊθˈhæmptən/ En-uk-Southampton.ogg En-us-Southampton.ogg

Word forms

Southampton Southhampton

Etymology

From Old English Sūþhāmtūn, equivalent to south + Hampton. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune.

Related words

Northampton Sotonian

Derived words

County of Southampton Lower Southampton Southampton County Southampton elm Southamptonian Southampton Island Southamptonshire Southampton Six Southampton Water Upper Southampton
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