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Southyork

Southyork proper noun: sunninghill Park, a country house and estate in Berkshire, occupied by the Duke of York from 1990 to 2004.

Proper noun

Southyork

  1. (UK, historical, humorous, slang) Sunninghill Park, a country house and estate in Berkshire, occupied by the Duke of York from 1990 to 2004.
    • They threw caution to the wind, not afraid to be seen together and even romped in the gardens of 'Southyork', the mansion Fergie shared with Andrew in Sunninghill, Berkshire.2000, Infamous Scandals, page 422

Origin of Southyork

A play on words, from York and the Southfork estate in 1980s soap opera Dallas.

Questions about Southyork

What does Southyork mean?
Southyork means sunninghill Park, a country house and estate in Berkshire, occupied by the Duke of York from 1990 to 2004.
What part of speech is Southyork?
Southyork is a proper noun.

Words near Southyork in the dictionary

  1. southwind
  2. Southwold
  3. Southwood
  4. Southworth
  5. Southworths
  6. Southyork
  7. soutie
  8. souties
  9. Souto
  10. Soutos
  11. soutpiels

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