FromMiddle EnglishCayho, a compound consisting ofOld Frenchkai (related to modernquay) +Middle Englishho,howe,hoh,hogh(“promontory, cliff, spur of land”), fromOld Englishhōh(“promontory”), seehoe.

• (UK)IPA^(key):/kjuː/,/kjuʊ̯/
• Homophones:cue,queue

Kew

1. Asuburban area and former village in the borough ofRichmond upon Thames, southwestGreater 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. (metonymic)Kew Gardens.
3. An easternsuburb ofMelbourne,Victoria,Australia.

• Kew East(Melbourne)
• Kew Gardens

• St Kew