Southampton

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/saʊθˈæmptən/, /saʊθˈhæmptən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(south amp′tən, -hamp′-)

South•amp•ton n.

Henry Wri•othes•ley 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.

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Southampton /saʊθˈæmptən; -ˈhæmp-/ n

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)
a unitary authority in S England, in Hampshire. Pop: 221 100 (2003 est). Area: 49 sq km (19 sq miles)

Southampton /saʊθˈæmptən; -ˈhæmp-/ n

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

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