Kew

[ kyoo ]

/ kyu /

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noun

a part of Richmond, in Greater London, England: famous botanical gardens (Kew Gardens ).

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Origin of Kew

First recorded in 1310–50; Middle English Cayho; from Old French (Picardy) kay, kai “sand bank, landing place, wharf, quay” and Old English hōh “spur of land shaped like a heel” (formed there by a bend in the Thames)

Words nearby Kew

keV, kevalin, kevel, Kevin, Kevlar, Kew, Kewanee, Keweenaw Peninsula, Kew garden fever, kewl, Kewpie

How to use Kew in a sentence

In 1964, Kitty Genovese, living in Kew Gardens, Queens, was fatally stabbed while crying out for help.
Penn State’s Tragedy Enabled by Coaches and Others Who Looked Away|Thane Rosenbaum|November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
However, we hae a hale day to oorsel's now, what dae you say to gaun to the length of Kew Gardens?
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
There are flower-beds which need not blush to be compared with Kew or the Crystal Palace.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies
Au-wh-shew-kew, the Female Bear; wife of the above (No. 230).
Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. I (of 2)|George Catlin

Dr. Wilmot, by his majesty's appointment, performed the ceremony at their palace at Kew.
Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2)|Lady Anne Hamilton
He frequently quarrelled with Mr. Paulet, one of the duke's servants, and fought with the steward at Kew.
Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2)|Lady Anne Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for Kew

Kew

/ (kjuː) /

noun

part of the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames: famous for Kew Gardens (the Royal Botanic Gardens), established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841

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