English Explanatory Dictionary

Falmouth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).
  2. A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
  5. An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Fayette County and Union Township and Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana.
  6. A city, the county seat of Pendleton County, Kentucky.
  7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clam Union Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
  10. A census-designated place in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  11. A census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia.
  12. A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæl.məθ/

Word forms

Falmouth

Etymology

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

Derived words

East Falmouth North Falmouth

Translations

Arabic: فالماوث Greek: Φάλμουθ Jamaican Creole: Falmot Japanese: ファルマウス
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