Surrey
See also: surrey
English
Etymology
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɝɹi/
- Rhymes: -ʌɹi
Proper noun
Surrey
- An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
- The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
- A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
- 2000 June 28, Tom Yeung, “Using his death?”, in Xtra Magazine[1], archived from the original on 20 April 2024:
- 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.
- A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
- A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
county in the south east of England
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historical county of Jamaica