Sheffield

English <dab> Alternative forms en Sheff. abbreviation Etymology From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from en ang scēaþ boundary, + en ang feld field, open land. Pronunciation en /ˈʃɛfiːld/ en /ˈʃɛfɪld/ (traditional pronunciation for the city)https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.93283/page/n473/mode/2up?q=sheffield 426 Jones Daniel Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary 1917 en En-uk-Sheffield.ogg UK Proper noun ~ s en Q42448 en city/and/metropolitan borough co/South Yorkshire cc/England c/United Kingdom. en May 6 1998 Douglas Watkinson; et al Death in Disguise Midsomer Murders DCI Tom Barnaby: And how would you describe his present situation? Heather Beavers: Well, it's obvious. He's been astrally harvested. Barnaby: Then how do you explain a carving knife stuck in his chest? Beavers: A celestial lance. Barnaby: With 'Made in Sheffield stamped on it? Issy Ronald Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/sport/sunderland-sheffield-united-championship-playoff-final-spt-intl 2025-05-24 For much of the game, Sunderland was trailing 1-0 after Sheffield United took the lead early on through a sweeping counterattacking move finished off by Tyrese Campbell. https://web.archive.org/web/20250525094131/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/sport/sunderland-sheffield-united-championship-playoff-final-spt-intl en Q823917 en w:University of Sheffield. en hamlet par/Penzance south-west co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SW4526. en town carea/Kentish s/Tasmania c/Australia. en small village dist/Selwyn r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map en common placename c/USA: en city co/Colbert County s/Alabama. en village co/Bureau County s/Illinois. en city co/Franklin County s/Iowa. en town co/Berkshire County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Sheffield, Massachusetts en neighbourhood city/Kansas City s/Missouri. en village co/Lorain County s/Ohio. TopoZone: Sheffield, Ohio en CDP co/Warren County s/Pennsylvania. en ucomm co/Pecos County s/Texas. en town co/Caledonia County s/Vermont. en habitational Old English. en slang knife, switchblade. Derived terms en Sheffielder Sheffield Park Sheffield stand Translations city Amharic: am ሼፊ፟ልድ šeffild Arabic: ar شِيفِيلْد m šifild Armenian: hy Շեֆիլդ Bengali: bn শেফিল্ড Bulgarian: bg Шефилд m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 雪埠 syut3 fau6 Mandarin: cmn 謝菲爾德 Xièfēi'ěrdé Georgian: ka შეფილდი German: de Sheffield Greek: el Σέφιλντ Hindi: hi शेफ़्फ़ील्ड Japanese: ja シェフィールド Shefīrudo Korean: ko ^셰필드 Latvian: lv Šefīlda f Lithuanian: lt Šefildas m Macedonian: mk Шефилд m Marathi: mr शेफील्ड Persian: fa شفیلد šefild Portuguese: pt Sheffield f Russian: ru Ше́ффилд m Telugu: te శెఫ్ఫీల్డ్ Ukrainian: uk Ше́ффілд m Urdu: ur شَیفِیلڈ m śaifīlḍ Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Sheffield is the 1817th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19738 individuals. Sheffield is most common among White (76.36%) and Black/African American (18.8%) individuals. References Further reading