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Southampton

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /saʊθˈæmptən/, /saʊθˈhæmptən/
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Proper noun

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Southampton

  1. A city and unitary authority in Hampshire, in southern England
    • 1969, The Beatles, The Ballad of John and Yoko:
      Standing in the dock at Southampton
      Trying to get to Holland or France
    • 2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 50:
      And it's not just freight that arrives here. I notice several massive passenger liners, looking more like floating blocks of flats rather than the elegant ships from the days when 'POSH' was coined. The arrival of just one of these behemoths can swamp Southampton station with passengers and luggage, but not today.
  2. (historical, usually "The County of Southampton") Hampshire
  3. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain
  4. A place in Canada:
    1. A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
    2. A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
    3. A community of Bruce County, Ontario.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
    2. A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
    3. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
    4. A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
    5. An unincorporated community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Four townships, in Bedford County, Cumberland County, Franklin County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
    7. A neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
  6. A parish in Bermuda.

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