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Suffolk

/ˈsʌf.ək/US/ˈsʌf.ək/

Suffolk proper noun: a maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea. Also the ellipsis of Suffolk County.

Proper noun

Suffolk

  1. A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
    • Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
    • Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025
  2. A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
  3. An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
    • An undocumented Guatemalan immigrant seen in a now viral video outside a hospital in Suffolk being tackled and punched repeatedly during an arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has agreed to voluntarily depart the country, an ICE spokesperson confirmed to News 3 Monday.2026 July 13, Jessica Davis, “Undocumented immigrant seen in video being tackled, punched by ICE in Suffolk arrest voluntarily departs US”, in WKTR, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2026

Noun

Suffolk (plural Suffolks)

  1. A breed of draught horse, originally developed in Suffolk; an individual of this breed.
    • The Suffolk was a favorite of East Anglian farmers, and a small population remains beloved today.
    • Their great grandfather kept several Suffolks for the heavier work.
    Synonyms:
    Suffolk Punch

Also used as

Suffolk is also the ellipsis of Suffolk County.

Synonyms of Suffolk

Forms of Suffolk

pluralSuffolks

Origin of Suffolk

From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”), equivalent to south + folk.

Words formed from Suffolk

Phrases with Suffolk

Questions about Suffolk

What does Suffolk mean?
Suffolk means a maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
What part of speech is Suffolk?
Suffolk can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Suffolk?
Suffolk is pronounced /ˈsʌf.ək/ (UK).

Words near Suffolk in the dictionary

  1. suffocations
  2. suffocative
  3. suffocator
  4. suffocators
  5. Suffola
  6. Suffolk
  7. Suffolk Coastal
  8. Suffolk County
  9. Suffolk Park
  10. Suffolk Punch
  11. Suffolk Punches

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