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SoHo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Abbreviation of Small office/Home office.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of small office, home office.
   alt of home office
   alt of small office

Forms

wikipedia: small office/home office

SoHo en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Acronym of South of Houston, a neighborhood south of Houston Street in Manhattan.

Meanings

1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.

Forms

Relateds

Tribeca · TriBeCa

wikipedia: en:Houston Street

SoHo en · PROPN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of south + Hollywood. Acronym of south of Hollywood Road.

Meanings

1. A neighbourhood of Central and Western district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
   • The fire started in a flat at No 9 on Gough Street at Shun King Building in the SoHo area of Sheung Wan at about 10.20pm. 2024 September 10, Danny Mok, “Woman dies, 3 others injured in fire that broke out in Hong Kong’s SoHo”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2024, Hong Kong/Society:
   • When he heard about Omnipork at the Food’s Future Summit in Hong Kong last year, he contacted Right Treat to give it a try, and eventually added it to the vegetarian mapo tofu at his restaurant in the city’s SoHo district. 2019 March 18, Andrew Genung, “It’s the Year of the Pig. Is it also the year fake pork takes off in China?”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2019, Food:
   • At No. 3 Staunton Street in the city’s SoHo district, the roughly 1,300 square-foot ground floor was once used as a parking space for a Ferrari. 2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Art & Design:
   • There's an apartment building sitting on top of the hill of Soho in Hong Kong that is very atmospherically noir, so it's really too bad we couldn't film there. [2017 October, CHANG Yeongyeop, quoting Park Hoon-jung, “Interview Director PARK Hoon-jung on V.I.P.”, in Korean Cinema Today, volume 29, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1:

Forms

Relateds

NoHo · SoBo

Translations (2)

pl SoHo (neighbourhood in Hong Kong) · yue 蘇豪 /苏豪 (neighbourhood in Hong Kong)