Soho

¹

[soh-hoh, soh-hoh]

noun

1. a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.

2. SoHo.

SoHo

²

[soh-hoh]

noun

1. a district in New York City, in lower Manhattan, south of Houston Street, where many of the old warehouses and buildings have been converted into studios, galleries, shops, and restaurants.

soho

¹

/ səʊˈhəʊ /

interjection

1. hunting an exclamation announcing the sighting of a hare

2. an exclamation announcing the discovery of something unexpected

Soho

²

/ ˈsəʊhəʊ /

noun

1. a district of central London, in the City of Westminster: a foreign quarter since the late 17th century, now chiefly known for restaurants, nightclubs, striptease clubs, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Soho¹

an Anglo-French hunting call, probably of exclamatory origin

Example Sentences

“I’ve been a member of a country club and I’ve been a member of Soho House, and I was never fully satisfied,” says El Rayess, 49, a culinary medicine chef in Los Angeles.

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The Soho location has also drawn controversy in recent years as the store’s workers unionized and protested outside.

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Then it dawned on him: Soho and the West Village are now home to a new, more extreme kind of wealth.

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There are few empty shops on Soho Road – it has the opposite problem, Rakesh from the BID says, with businesses clamouring to share the same street as some of the country's finest Asian jewellery shops.

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The members-only club Soho House is opening a Milan location in a 1930s-era building that was originally headquarters of the fascist youth organization.

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