English Explanatory Dictionary

Exmouth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe (OS grid ref SY0081).
  2. A town and local government area (the Shire of Exmouth) in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛksməθ/

Word forms

Exmouth

Etymology

In England, from Old English Exanmūþa recorded c. 1025, equivalent to Exe + mouth.

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