surrey

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹi/ / /ˈsʊɹi/ / /ˈsʌɾe/ / /ˈsə-/

Etymology: From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).

An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
“Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News.”
A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.

Etymology: From the Surrey cart, a type of carriage originally made in the county of Surrey in England, UK, and introduced into the USA in 1872.

A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
“The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons.”
“It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]”