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Southampton

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South·amp·ton  (south-hmptn, sou-thmp-)
1. A borough of south-central England on an inlet of the English Channel opposite the Isle of Wight. Founded on the site of Roman and Saxon settlements, it has long been a major port, especially for passenger ships. Population: 234,000.
2. A village of southeast New York on the southeast coast of Long Island. It is primarily a summer resort. Population: 4,080.

Southampton, Third Earl of. Title of Henry Wriothesley. 1573-1624.
English politician, soldier, and patron of Shakespeare as well as a number of other Elizabethan poets. Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece are dedicated to him.

Southampton [saʊθˈæmptən -ˈhæmp-]
n
1. (Placename) a port in S England, in Southampton unitary authority, Hampshire on Southampton Water (an inlet of the English Channel): chief English passenger port; university (1952); shipyards and oil refinery. Pop.: 210 138 (1991)
2. (Placename) a unitary authority in S England, in Hampshire. Pop.: 217 478 (2001). Area: 49 sq. km (19 sq. miles)

Southampton2
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(Biographies / Southampton, 3rd Earl of (1573-1624) M, English, MISC: courtier, WRITING: patron of Shakespeare) 3rd Earl of, title of Henry Wriothesley. 1573-1624, English courtier and patron of Shakespeare, who dedicated Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594) to him: sentenced to death (1601) for his part in the Essex rebellion but reprieved


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Then when you arrive at Plymouth or Southampton or whatever port you are bound for, wait on board, and I will meet you at the earliest hour possible.
She had passed 2 Years at one of the first Boarding-schools in London; had spent a fortnight in Bath and had supped one night in Southampton.
He leaned over the bulwarks of the Donau as the American passengers crossed the plank--the travellers who embark at Southampton are mainly of that nationality--and curiously, indifferently, vaguely, through the smoke of his cigar, saw them absorbed in the huge capacity of the ship, where he had the agreeable consciousness that his own nest was comfortably made.
 
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