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Kew.

A suburban area and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1977).

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Meaning & usage

name/kjuː/UK/kjuʊ̯/UK
  1. A suburban area and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1977).

    Kew is best known as the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, and the National Archives.
  2. Kew Gardens.

    metonymically
  3. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

  4. An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English Cayho, a compound consisting of Old French kai (related to modern quay) + Middle English ho, howe, hoh, hogh (“promontory, cliff, spur of land”), from Old English hōh (“promontory”), see hoe.

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