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Southey

Southey proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Southey

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green.
  3. A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Origin of Southey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

Words formed from Southey

Questions about Southey

What does Southey mean?
Southey means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Southey?
Southey is a proper noun.

Words near Southey in the dictionary

  1. southernwoods
  2. southernwort
  3. southers
  4. Southerton
  5. Southery
  6. Southey
  7. Southey Green
  8. Southeyan
  9. Southfield
  10. Southfields
  11. Southfleet

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