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Soho¹

  • /ˈsəʊ.həʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊ.hoʊ/ US

Sounds like SoHo, SOHO · Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

Where it comes from

From the hunting cry soho.

proper noun

  1. An area of the West End, in central London. I woke up in a Soho doorway / A policeman knew my name / He said, "You can go, sleep at home tonight / if you can get up and walk away."

Soho²

  • /ˈsəʊ.həʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊ.hoʊ/ US

Sounds like SoHo, SOHO · Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

Where it comes from

Believed to be an abbreviation of south house.

proper noun

  1. An area partly in Sandwell borough, and partly in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0389).

Soho³

  • /ˈsəʊ.həʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊ.hoʊ/ US

Sounds like SoHo, SOHO · Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of SoHo: An area of Manhattan, New York. The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.

SOHO⁴

  • /ˈsəʊhəʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

noun SOHOs · SoHo

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Small Office, Home Office. I bet if you look at the average home or SOHO PC, that it will have an old version of Java installed, […]

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (A spacecraft of the ESA and NASA).

SoHo⁵

  • /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of Small office/Home office.

noun SoHos · soho · SOHO · Soho

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of small office, home office.

SoHo⁶

  • /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

Where it comes from

Acronym of South of Houston, a neighborhood south of Houston Street in Manhattan.

proper noun Soho

  1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.

SoHo⁷

  • /ˈsəʊhəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊhoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊhəʊ

Where it comes from

Blend of south + Hollywood.

Acronym of south of Hollywood Road.

proper noun Soho

  1. A neighbourhood of Central and Western district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. There's an apartment building sitting on top of the hill of Soho in Hong Kong that is very atmospherically noir, so it's really too bad we couldn't film there.

soho⁸

  • /səʊˈhəʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

From so + ho!.

interjection

  1. obsolete ho; halloo; a word used in calling from a distant place. Proteus: Run, boy, run, run, and seek him out. Launce: Soho, soho! Proteus: What seest thou? Launce: Him we go to find […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: swell street, west end, sheen, strand, covent garden, southwark, westminster, westfield, marylebone, south bank, westbourne, millbank, borough, theatreland, islington, osterley

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"soho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/soho. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

soho. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/soho

Chicago

"soho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/soho.

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@misc{soho_2026,
  title = {soho},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soho},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}