surrey

CEFRB2

/ˈsʌɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A light carriage with two or four wheels.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.

Examples

  • Surrey is a county in the south of England near the city of London.

  • The tourists enjoyed a ride in a horse-drawn surrey.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsə-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.

  2. A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.

More examples

In context

  • We spent the weekend exploring the beautiful countryside of Surrey.

  • The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons.

  • Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News.

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Origin

noun

From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).