邱(Kew ),或譯基尤,邱区,是英國倫敦泰晤士河畔列治文區下屬一區[3],是倫敦的郊區之一[4],位于查令十字西南7.1英里(11.4公里)處。邱園位于此地。法國大革命發生時有很多難民搬來,但現在已經是倫敦的富人區之一,此地沒有摩天大樓,綠化良好。
“Kew”(最初寫作“Cayho”)一詞源自古法語的“kai”(渡口)和古英語“hoh”(突出的河岸)。[5]
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- ^ History of Kew, in Richmond upon Thames and Surrey. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. [3 June 2014]. (原始内容存档于2017-10-23).
- ^ Room, Adrian: Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles, Bloomsbury, 1988, ISBN 978-0747501701