# Sutherland

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsʌðə(ɹ)lənd/ · frequency rank #15,713

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A former county of Scotland, since 1975 part of Highland region and council area.
3. A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.
5. A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
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13. A Scottish dukedom.

## Etymology
The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland.
In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

## Easily confused with
- **Sunderland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunderland-vs-sutherland)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ssutherland`, `stuherland`, `suhterland`, `sutehrland`, `suthelrand`, `sutheralnd`, `sutherladn`, `sutherlandd`, `sutherlannd`, `sutherlland`, `sutherlnad`, `sutherrland`, `suthherland`, `suthreland`, `suttherland`, `ustherland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sutherland