a port in S England, in Southampton unitary authority, Hampshire on Southampton Water (an inlet of the English Channel): chief English passenger port; university (1952); shipyards and oil refinery. Pop: 234 224 (2001)
2.
a unitary authority in S England, in Hampshire. Pop: 221 100 (2003 est). Area: 49sq km (19 sq miles)
Southampton in British English2
(saʊθˈæmptən, -ˈhæmp-)
noun
3rd Earl of, title of Henry Wriothesley. 1573–1624, English courtier and patron of Shakespeare, who dedicated Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594) to him: sentenced to death (1601) for his part in the Essex rebellion, but reprieved
Southampton in American English
(saʊθˈæmptən; soʌθˈhæmptən)
1.
seaport in S England, on an inlet (Southampton Water) of The Solent or Spithead: county district pop. 197,000
2.
island in N Hudson Bay, Canada: 15,700 sq mi (40,663 sq km)
Word origin
(sense 2) after Henry Wriothesley (1573-1624), 3d Earl of Southampton
Word lists with
Southampton
Major ports of the world, Main British and Irish ports