suffolk
/ˈsʌf.ək/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
name
A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
name
An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
name
Ellipsis of Suffolk County, any of several counties in Massachusetts, New York, or other U.S. states.
noun
A breed of draught horse, originally developed in Suffolk; an individual of this breed.
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World"
- "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."
- "An undocumented Guatemalan immigrant seen in a now viral video outside a hospital in Suffolk being tackled and punched repeatedly during an arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has agreed to voluntarily depart the country, an ICE spokesperson confirmed to News 3 Monday."
- "The Suffolk was a favorite of East Anglian farmers, and a small population remains beloved today."
- "Their great grandfather kept several Suffolks for the heavier work."
Etymology
From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”), equivalent to south + folk.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Suffolk, Sūþfolc
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌf.ək/
- British English: /ˈsʌf.ək/