SOHO • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of SoHo

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/sˈoʊhoʊ/ Listen

Soho

noun

A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts. Synonym: South of Houston.

A city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs.

See more definitions of Soho...

See images of 'Soho'

Etymology of 'Soho'

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Soho" Quotes from Famous Books

... precise, three and a half weeks after getting on board—the family reached London, all three spent with sea-sickness and want of food. They needed and took a rest, first staying near the Tower and then in Soho. There is nothing to relate of Wagner's experiences during his first London visit, save the episode of his lost dog. The late Mr. Dannreuther got the story wrong and has since been faithfully followed ...

— Richard Wagner - Composer of Operas • John F. Runciman

... Hampstead and walked down the hill. There she took a cab. I followed in another. Her cab stopped at the house of Maraquito in Soho. Since then I have been watching the house, but I have not seen Mrs. ...

— The Secret Passage • Fergus Hume

... hence induced to construct the apparatus for manufacturing soda water wholly either of earthenware or of glass. Mr. Johnston, of Greek Street, Soho, was the first who pointed out to the public the absolute necessity of ...

— A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons • Fredrick Accum

... than twenty degrees. Trinity College was the Thackeray College: it has had no more famous son. It was said that Thackeray could order a dinner in every language in Europe, which is to say he could have dined in comfort in any restaurant in Soho. ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Patrick Braybrooke

... we came to Soho Square, where Caddy Jellyby had appointed to wait for me, as a quiet place in the neighbourhood of Newman Street. Caddy was in the garden in the centre and hurried out as soon as I appeared. After a few cheerful words, Richard ...

— Bleak House • Charles Dickens

More quotes...