Suffolk

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌf.ək/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌf.ək/, /ˈsʌf.ɪk/

Proper noun

Suffolk

2. 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

   Comeronym: Norfolk

   • 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

3. A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
4. An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
5. Suffolk County.

Derived terms

• East Suffolk
• Mid Suffolk
• Suffolk Coastal
• Suffolk County
• Suffolk Park
• Suffolk Punch
• West Suffolk

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Suthfolk, suffolke, Suthfok, Southfolk, Southfolc, Suthfolke, souþfolc, suþfolk

Etymology

From Old English Sūþfolc; equivalent to south +‎ folk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu(θ)ˌfɔlk/

Proper noun

Suffolk

1. Suffolk (a county of eastern England)

Descendants

• English: Suffolk

References

• “Sǒuth-folk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.