English Explanatory Dictionary

Malpas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
  2. A village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).
  3. A suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).
  4. A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  5. A habitational surname from Old French.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Malpas Malpases Malpass

Etymology

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

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