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Southampton

/saʊθˈæmptən/

Southampton proper noun: a city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.

Proper noun

Southampton

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.
    • Standing in the dock at Southampton
      Trying to get to Holland or France1969, The Beatles, The Ballad of John and Yoko
    • This season has seen Southampton lose a host of key players to injuries — Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong, Theo Walcott, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jannik Vestergaard.2021 April 10, Dan Sheldon, “Bleep tests, omelettes and car park ice baths: How James Ward-Prowse plays every single minute for Southampton”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025
  2. (historical, usually "The County of Southampton") Hampshire.
  3. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
  4. A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
  5. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  6. A community in Bruce County, Ontario.
  7. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  8. A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
  9. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
  10. A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
  11. An unincorporated community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  12. Four townships, in Bedford County, Cumberland County, Franklin County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
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  1. A neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
  2. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 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

alternative form (obsolete)Southhampton

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

  1. south-wests
  2. southabout
  3. Southall
  4. Southalls
  5. Southam
  6. Southampton
  7. Southampton County
  8. Southampton elm
  9. Southampton elms
  10. Southampton Island
  11. Southampton Six

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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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