soho

1. 1.

   a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts

   SynonymsSouth of Houston

   Broadercity district

   Part ofManhattan
2. 2.

   a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs

   Broadercity district

   Part ofLondon

Other forms of soho

plural

sohoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about soho

What does soho mean?

soho means "a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soho?

soho has 2 syllables: so-ho. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊhoʊ/.

What is another word for soho?

Close synonyms include South of Houston. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soho a common word?

soho is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.