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Sidney

//ˈsɪdni// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English habitational surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A male or female given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A locale in Canada.; A town in British Columbia; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A locale in Canada.; A community in North Norfolk municipality, Manitoba. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A locale in the United States:; A town in Sharp County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A locale in the United States:; A village in Champaign County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A locale in the United States:; A town in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Iowa; named for Sidney, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A locale in the United States:; A town in Kennebec County, Maine; named for Philip Sidney. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Richland County, Montana; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A locale in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Delaware County, New York; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Ohio; named for English poet Philip Sidney. countable, uncountable

    "A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”."

  12. 17
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    Clipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).

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