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Sotheby

/ˈsʌðəbi/

Sotheby proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Sotheby

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Sotheby

alternative formSouthby
alternative formSoutherby
alternative formSuddaby
alternative formSutherby

Origin of Sotheby

"The man who lives south in the village", from Old Norse suðr i bý (“south in the village”). The surname presumably comes from a now defunct placename in England.

Words formed from Sotheby

Questions about Sotheby

What does Sotheby mean?
Sotheby means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Sotheby?
Sotheby is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sotheby?
Sotheby is pronounced /ˈsʌðəbi/.

Words near Sotheby in the dictionary

  1. Soters
  2. Soth
  3. Sothcott
  4. sothe
  5. Sotheavy
  6. Sotheby
  7. Sotheby's
  8. sother
  9. Sothiac
  10. Sothiacal
  11. Sothic

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