- surrey
- surrey (n.) "two-seated, four-wheeled pleasure carriage," 1895, from Surrey cart, an English pleasure cart (introduced in U.S. 1872), named for SURREY (Cf. Surrey), England, where it first was made.
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Surrey — Wappen Geographische Lage in England Geografie Status: Zeremonielle und Verwaltungsgrafschaft … Deutsch Wikipedia
Surrey — es un condado en el sudeste de Inglaterra, Reino Unido. Está dividido en los distritos de Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley y Woking. Localización… … Wikipedia Español
Surrey — es un condado en el sudoeste de Inglaterra, Reino Unido. Está dividido en los distritos de Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley y Woking. El condado… … Enciclopedia Universal
Surrey — Surrey, ND U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 917 Housing Units (2000): 313 Land area (2000): 0.972363 sq. miles (2.518409 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007995 sq. miles (0.020707 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.980358 sq. miles (2.539116… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Surrey, ND — U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 917 Housing Units (2000): 313 Land area (2000): 0.972363 sq. miles (2.518409 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007995 sq. miles (0.020707 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.980358 sq. miles (2.539116 sq. km) FIPS … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
surrey — ☆ surrey [sʉr′ē] n. pl. surreys [< Surrey (cart), a light pleasure cart first built in SURREY ] a light, four wheeled pleasure carriage of the late 19th and early 20th cent., usually drawn by two horses and typically having two seats and a… … English World dictionary
Surrey — a ↑county in southeast England which is one of the ↑Home Counties. Many of the people who live there travel to London every day to work, and most people think of Surrey as a wealthy, mainly ↑middle class area … Dictionary of contemporary English
Surrey — Sur rey, n. A four wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Surrey [1] — Surrey (spr. Sörri), Grafschaft in England, zwischen den Grafschaften Buckingham, Middlesex, Sussex, Kent u. Hamt; 353/4 QM., 487,000 Ew.; eben, zum Theil sandig; Gewässer: Medway, Themse u.a., einige Kanäle; bringt Getreide, Gemüse, Hopfen, Obst … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Surrey [2] — Surrey (spr. Sörri), Grasen von S., Name, welchen die ältesten Söhne der Howards, Herzöge von Norfolk, bis zum Tode des Stammhauses führten, s. Norfolk. Merkwürdig ist außerdem: Henry Howard, Graf von S., ältester Sohn des Herzogs Thomas Howard… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
