Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: social studies (Noun). The study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social-science subjects, especially in primary and secondary school.
Hoyt, Kansas. Hoyt is a city in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 669.
Last name: Hoyt. Recorded in many spellings as shown below, this is an English medieval surname. It is topographical for a person who lived at the top of the hill or on a piece of raised ground, originating from the Olde English pre 7th century word hiehthu, from heah, meaning high.