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Surrey en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌɾe/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈsʊɹi/ (Northern-England)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsɝɹi/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).

Meanings

  1. An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
  2. The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
  3. A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
    • Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News. 2000 June 28, Tom Yeung, “Using his death?”, in Xtra Magazine, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
  4. A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
  5. A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.

Deriveds

Surrey Heath · South Surrey · Surrey Hills

Relateds

Surry

Translations (18)

es Surrey (county in the south east of England) · mr सरी (historical county of Jamaica) · hi सरी (county in the south east of England) · ko 서리 (historical county of Jamaica) · jam Sori (historical county of Jamaica) · cmn 薩里郡 (historical county of Jamaica) · ru Суррей (county in the south east of England) · uk Суррей (county in the south east of England) · ar سُرِّي (county in the south east of England) · sco Surrey (county in the south east of England) · cmn 薩里郡 (county in the south east of England) · mr सरी (county in the south east of England) · ka სურეი (county in the south east of England) · ko 서리 (county in the south east of England) · pl Surrey (county in the south east of England) · ang Sūþriġe (county in the south east of England) · pt Surrey (county in the south east of England) · ka სარი (county in the south east of England)