Sul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sul"

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Sul (plural Suls)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sul is the 41100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Sul is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (64.53%), White (16.79&) and Hispanic/Latino (16.23%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Shortenings

Proper noun

Sul (plural Suls)

1. Diminutive of Sully.
2. Diminutive of Sullivan.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sul”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin sōl (“the sun”). Compare Welsh Sul, Cornish Sul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syl/

Proper noun

Sul m

1. Sunday
2. (astronomy) the Sun

Synonyms

• disul

See also

• (day of the week): Previous: Sadorn. Next: Lun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuw/ [ˈsuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsul/ [ˈsuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsul/ [ˈsuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.li/

• Rhymes: -uw, -ul
• Hyphenation: Sul
• Homophone: sul

Proper noun

Sul m (demonym sulista)

1. South Region (a macroregion of Brazil, composed of the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina)

   Synonym: Região Sul

2. (Rio Grande do Sul, synecdochic) Rio Grande do Sul (a state of the South Region, Brazil)

   Synonym: Rio Grande do Sul

   Aqui no Sul nós chamamos o brigadeiro de “negrinho”.

   Here in Rio Grande do Sul we call brigadeiros “negrinho”.

Coordinate terms

macroregions of Brazil: macrorregiões do Brasiledit

• Centro-Oeste
• Nordeste
• Norte
• Sudeste
• Sul

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh Sul, from Latin Sōl(is).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨːl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːl/

Proper noun

Sul m (not mutable, plural Suliau)

1. (bound morpheme) Sunday

Usage notes

This word only appears in terms in conjunction with other words, such as dydd Sul (“Sunday”) and nos Sul (“Sunday night”).

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Sul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies