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Suffolk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌf.ɪk/ (US)
• /ˈsʌf.ək/ (US)
• /ˈsʌf.ək/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”), equivalent to south + folk.

Meanings

1. A breed of draught horse, originally developed in Suffolk; an individual of this breed.
   • Their great grandfather kept several Suffolks for the heavier work.
   • The Suffolk was a favorite of East Anglian farmers, and a small population remains beloved today.

Forms

Coordinates

Clydesdale · Shire

Synonyms

Suffolk Punch

wikipedia: Suffolk · wikidata: Q788030

Suffolk en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌf.ɪk/ (US)
• /ˈsʌf.ək/ (US)
• /ˈsʌf.ək/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”), equivalent to south + folk.

Meanings

1. A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
   • Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
   • Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing. 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:
2. A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
3. An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
   • An undocumented Guatemalan immigrant seen in a now viral video outside a hospital in Suffolk being tackled and punched repeatedly during an arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has agreed to voluntarily depart the country, an ICE spokesperson confirmed to News 3 Monday. 2026 July 13, Jessica Davis, “Undocumented immigrant seen in video being tackled, punched by ICE in Suffolk arrest voluntarily departs US”, in WKTR, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2026:
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Suffolk County, any of several counties in Massachusetts, New York, or other U.S. states.
   alt of any of several counties in Massachusetts
   alt of New York
   alt of or other U.S. states
   alt of Suffolk County

Deriveds

Suffolk Coastal · Suffolk County · East Suffolk · Suffolk Park · Suffolk Punch · Mid Suffolk · West Suffolk

Relateds

Norfolk

wikipedia: Suffolk · wikidata: Q23111