Soho

See also: soho, SoHo, SOHO, and sōhō

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊ.həʊ/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊ.hoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
  • Homophones: SoHo, SOHO

Etymology 1

From the hunting cry soho.

Proper noun

Soho

  1. An area of the West End, in central London.
    • 1978, The Who, “Who Are You”, in Who Are You:
      I woke up in a Soho doorway / A policeman knew my name / He said, "You can go, sleep at home tonight / if you can get up and walk away."

Etymology 2

Believed to be an abbreviation of south house.

Proper noun

Soho

  1. An area partly in Sandwell borough, and partly in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0389).

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Soho

  1. Alternative spelling of SoHo: An area of Manhattan, New York.

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

From English Soohoo, from Taishanese 司徒 (lhu1 hu3). Compare English Szeto.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsoho/ [ˈsoː.ho]
  • Rhymes: -oho
  • Syllabification: So‧ho

Proper noun

Soho (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜑᜓ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from English [in turn from Taishanese]