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Falmouth en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfæl.məθ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

For the Cornish town (sense 1), from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

Meanings

  1. A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).
    • In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed. 2026 January 14, Lisa Young, “Council delays decision about weedkiller use”, in BBC, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2026:
  2. A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Fayette County and Union Township and Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Pendleton County, Kentucky.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
    • Erickson shared images on CNN iReport that show mixed holiday decorations in their Falmouth, Massachusetts, home, from a menorah and advent calendar to stockings bearing the phrase “shalom” and plates decorated with dreidels on a red plaid table cloth. 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg, Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013:
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clam Union Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia.
  11. A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
  12. A town and parish capital in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, named for the town in Cornwall, England.
    • My son says that this telephone can even allow you to chat with someone in another district—that you may be in Falmouth, yet your talk may be raising the eyebrows of someone in Kingston. 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 102:
  13. A rural community of Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Deriveds

West Falmouth · East Falmouth · North Falmouth

Translations (6)

el Φάλμουθ (town in Jamaica) · ja ファルマウス (town in Jamaica) · kw Arwednak (harbour town in Cornwall, England) · jam Falmot (town in Jamaica) · kw Aberfala (harbour town in Cornwall, England) · ar فالماوث (town in Jamaica)