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Suffolk

/ˈsʌf.ək/ · name

Meaning

  1. A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
  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.
  4. Suffolk County.

Etymology / origin

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

  1. Sūþfolc(ang)→
  2. Suffolk(Middle English)→
  3. Suffolk (English)
  4. Relations: inh, inh

Related words

Suffolk(Middle English)Sūþfolc(ang)

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