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Merton en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɜː.tən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɝ.tən/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Inherited from Old English Merantūn.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. ▸ A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. ▸ A district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670).
  3. (countable, uncountable) Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. ▸ A London borough of Greater London.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement. ▸ A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717).
  5. (countable, uncountable) A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
  6. (countable, uncountable) An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, qualifier:Oxford University, uncountable) Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford.
    alt of Oxford

Forms

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Deriveds

Merton-compliant · Mertonian · Merton Park

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