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Surrey

Surrey

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A county in southeast England with old towns and green countryside
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsʌri/
: Surrey
  • I was born in Surrey, a beautiful county known for its rolling hills and historic towns.
  • Surrey, England
  • Surrey, UK
  • Surrey County Council

My fourth fight was in the Surrey School boys final.

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Examples

  • It's in Sutton in Surrey, not far from Croydon.

  • The Borough of Elmbridge is located southeast of London in the county of Surrey.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I never heard any county but Surrey called so.

  • I was born in Surrey.

  • My father's British and so I grew up the rest of my life in Surrey, just South of London.

  • John W. Chew is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Surrey, England.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Hattie, this here is my friend, Mr. Rodney Williams of Esher, Surrey.

  • St. Michael's Camberley is in the County of Surrey and the Diocese of Guildford.

    Blog text (31)
  • We do hard landscaping like driveways, patios, turfing and fencing in the Surrey area where I live now.

  • After working in social services departments in Newcastle, Surrey, and Ealing, Gibb went to Kensington and Chelsea in 1988.

    Academic text (2009)

Surface Forms

Surrey main

Etymology

Surrey comes from an old form of the word south plus a word for 'region', so it originally meant 'southern region'. That's why the county called Surrey is the area 'south of the River Thames' in England.