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stepney

UK/ˈstɛpni/

stepney noun: a spare wheel.

Noun

stepney (plural stepneys)

  1. (India) A spare wheel.

Proper noun capitalized: Stepney

Stepney (countable and uncountable, plural Stepneys)

  1. An urban area of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3581).
  2. A suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0830).
  3. A neighbourhood of the town of Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  4. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

stepney meaning in Tamil and Kannada

stepney in Tamil

உரிமை மகளிர், சேமச் சக்கரம், மாற்றுச் சக்கரம், வைப்பாட்டி

stepney in Kannada

ಕೈಗಾವಲುಚಕ್ರ, ಕೈಗಾವಲುದಿಗುರಿ, ಬಿಡಿಗಾಲಿ

Forms of stepney

Noun
pluralstepneys
Proper noun
pluralStepneys

Origin of stepney

Originally a brand name, from the Stepney Spare Motor Wheel company.

From Old English Stybbanhȳþ (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hȳþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).

Words formed from stepney

Questions about stepney

What does stepney mean?
Stepney means a spare wheel.
What is stepney in Tamil?
Stepney in Tamil is உரிமை மகளிர், சேமச் சக்கரம், மாற்றுச் சக்கரம். See Stepney meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stepney?
Stepney can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stepney?
Stepney is pronounced /ˈstɛpni/ (UK).
What is the plural of stepney?
The plural of stepney is stepneys.

Words near stepney in the dictionary

  1. stepmummies
  2. stepmummy
  3. stepmums
  4. stepnephew
  5. stepnephews
  6. stepney
  7. Stepney Green
  8. Stepneygate
  9. stepneys
  10. Stepnica
  11. stepniece

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stepney (page history and authors); Stepney (page history and authors); stepney (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stepney (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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