Southampton

alternative obsolete Southhampton

1. A city, unitary authority, and borough in Hampshire, southern England.

   Standing in the dock at Southampton Trying to get to Holland or France

   1969, The Beatles, The Ballad of John and Yoko

   2 more examples

   This season has seen Southampton lose a host of key players to injuries — Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong, Theo Walcott, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jannik Vestergaard.

   2021 April 10, Dan Sheldon, “Bleep tests, omelettes and car park ice baths: How James Ward-Prowse plays every single minute for Southampton”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025

   And it's not just freight that arrives here. I notice several massive passenger liners, looking more like floating blocks of flats rather than the elegant ships from the days when 'POSH' was coined. The arrival of just one of these behemoths can swamp Southampton station with passengers and luggage, but not today.

   2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 50

2. historicalusually "The County of Southampton"Hampshire.
3. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
4. A place in Canada:
   1. A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.
   2. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A community in Bruce County, Ontario.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
   2. A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
   3. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
   4. A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
   5. An unincorporated community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   6. Four townships, in Bedford County, Cumberland County, Franklin County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
   7. A neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
6. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
7. A parish in Bermuda.