English Explanatory Dictionary

Tiverton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5560).
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).
  3. A village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɪ.və(ɹ).tən/ /ˈtɪ.vɚ.tən/

Word forms

Tiverton

Etymology

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton. The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

Synonyms

Petit Passage
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