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southampton

/ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/

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What does southampton mean?

proper noun

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.
  2. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
  3. A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
More meanings (12)

proper noun

  1. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  2. A community in Bruce County, Ontario.
  3. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  4. A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
  5. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
  6. A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
  7. An unincorporated community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  8. Four townships, in Bedford County, Cumberland County, Franklin County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  9. A neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
  10. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  11. A parish in Bermuda.
  12. (historical) Hampshire.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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I went on board at Southampton at 10 A.M. Wednesday, April 10, after staying the night in the town.
Lawrence BeesleyThe Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its LessonsProject Gutenberg ebook #6675
Has he stolen to Southampton, and slipped away a-volunteering like Norborne Berkeley, to conquer France in a dirty shirt and a frock?
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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Whenever he suggested that they should leave their shelter, and go forwards towards Southampton or London, she showed a strange unwillingness to move.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
Besides these longer holidays, there were shorter visits to various relatives--to his brother-in-law's house, close to Leith Hill, and to his son near Southampton.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
On the 30th the fleet sailed to Southampton for the soldiers, and when they came aboard four days later “Sodom and Gomorrah were fully reproduced.”
Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) FriesThe Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Project Gutenberg ebook #570