"Soe" meaning in English

See Soe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Soes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowing from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|စိုး}} Burmese စိုး (cui:), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{bor|en|nan-tws|蘇|tr=sou¹}} Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹), {{bor|en|nan-hbl|蘇|tr=So͘}} Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Soe (plural Soes)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Soe-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲོས་ (sros). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|dz|སྲོས་}} Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲོས་ (sros) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Soe
  1. A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Categories (place): Places in Bhutan
    Sense id: en-Soe-en-name-4MHbchOz Categories (other): Gewogs of Bhutan, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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