soho

See also: Soho, SoHo, SOHO, and sōhō

English

Etymology

so +‎ ho!

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səʊˈhəʊ/

Interjection

soho

(obsolete) ho; halloo; a word used in calling from a distant place.
- c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  Proteus: Run, boy, run, run, and seek him out.
  Launce: Soho, soho!
  Proteus: What seest thou?
  Launce: Him we go to find […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:
  He then began to beat about, in the same language and in the same manner as if he had been beating for a hare; and at last cried out, "Soho! Puss is not far off. Here's her form, upon my soul; I believe I may cry stole away."

Anagrams

oh so, oohs, shoo

Solon

Noun

soho

temple (body part)

References

Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian sufu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso.ho/

Noun

soho (Jawi سوهو‎)

pig

References

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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