South of Houston
- proper noun
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SoHo
- Tourists flock to South of Houston for its boutique shopping and trendy restaurants.
Examples
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Many artists moved their studios to South of Houston in the 1970s.
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The South of Houston area is famous for its cast iron architecture.
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I love visiting South of Houston for its vibrant art scene.
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Have you been to South of Houston recently?
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Many artists moved their studios to South of Houston in the 1970s.
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Tourists flock to South of Houston for its boutique shopping and trendy restaurants.
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The South of Houston area is famous for its cast iron architecture.
Synonyms
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A fashionable area in New York City's lower Manhattan with shops and art galleries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from the locative pattern 'south of' + a place name, so a learner who knows 'south', 'of', and 'Houston' can infer it refers to the area located south of (Houston) and thus a district. The only potential confusion is that 'Houston' could be interpreted as the Texan city rather than Houston Street in Manhattan, but this is a matter of world knowledge rather than semantic opacity of the construction.
Etymology
South of Houston comes from the area's location just south of Houston Street in Manhattan. People later shortened the name to 'SoHo', so today South of Houston means the lively neighborhood of shops, galleries, and restaurants.