Southampton
/saʊθˈæmptən/
Southampton proper noun: a city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.
Proper noun
Southampton
- A city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.
- Standing in the dock at Southampton
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- Standing in the dock at Southampton
- Hampshire.
- A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
- A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
- A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
- A community in Bruce County, Ontario.
- A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
- A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
- A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- Four townships, in Bedford County, Cumberland County, Franklin County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
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- A neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A parish in Bermuda.
Southampton meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Southampton in Hindi
- city in England
- साउथहैंपटन sāuthhaimpṭan
Southampton in Tamil
- city in England
- சவுத்தாம்ப்டன் cavuttāmpṭaṉ
Southampton in Marathi
- city in England
- साउथहँप्टन sāuthhĕmpṭan
Southampton in Urdu
- city in England
- ساؤتھمپٹن
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- Southampton in Telugu
- సౌతాంప్టన్ sautāmpṭan
- Southampton in Malayalam
- സൗത്താംപ്ടൺ sauttāmpṭaṇ
- Southampton in Kannada
- ಸೌತಾಂಪ್ಟನ್ sautāmpṭan
- Southampton in Punjabi
- ਸਾਊਥਹੈਂਪਟਨ sāūthahaimpṭan
- Southampton in Gujarati
- સાઉથેમ્પ્ટન sāuthempṭan
- Southampton in Sinhala
- සදම්ටන් sadamṭan
- Southampton in Pashto
- ساوتامپټون
- Southampton in Arabic
- ساوثهامبتون sawṯhambtūn
- Southampton in Persian
- ساوتهمپتون
- Southampton in Thai
- เซาแทมป์ตัน
Forms of Southampton
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Origin of Southampton
From Old English Sūþhāmtūn, equivalent to south + Hampton. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune.
Words formed from Southampton
Phrases with Southampton
Questions about Southampton
- What does Southampton mean?
- Southampton means a city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.
- What is Southampton in Hindi?
- Southampton in Hindi is साउथहैंपटन (sāuthhaimpṭan). See Southampton meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Southampton?
- Southampton is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Southampton?
- Southampton is pronounced /saʊθˈæmptən/ (UK).
Words near Southampton in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Southampton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-uk-Southampton.ogg, En-us-Southampton.ogg.
Cite this entry: “Southampton.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/southampton. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
