Merton

English

Etymology

From Old English Merantūn.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜː.tən/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝ.tən/

Proper noun

Merton (countable and uncountable, plural Mertons)

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

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