Sidney

plural Sidneys · alternative Sydney · alternative Cydney · alternative Sydnie · alternative Sydne

1. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname.
2. countableuncountableA male or female given name transferred from the surname.
3. A locale in Canada.
   1. countableuncountableA town in British Columbia; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney.
   2. countableuncountableA community in North Norfolk municipality, Manitoba.
4. A locale in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA town in Sharp County, Arkansas.
   2. countableuncountableA village in Champaign County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableA town in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
   4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Fremont County, Iowa; named for Sidney, Ohio.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
   6. countableuncountableA town in Kennebec County, Maine; named for Philip Sidney.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
   8. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Richland County, Montana; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler.
   9. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
   11. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Delaware County, New York; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith.
   12. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Shelby County, Ohio; named for English poet Philip Sidney.

       A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”.

       2024 November 17, Stephen Starr, “Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win”, in The Guardian

   13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Comanche County, Texas.
   14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
   15. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin.
5. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableCambridge University slangClipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.