Sutherland

Meaning

1. A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.
2. A small city in O'Brien County, Iowa.
3. A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A former county of Scotland, since 1975 part of Highland region and council area.
7. A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
8. A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

Etymology / origin

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

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