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Dartmouth

/ˈdɑːtməθ/US/ˈdɑɹtməθ/

Dartmouth proper noun: a town, civil parish, and port in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8751).

Proper noun

Dartmouth

  1. A town, civil parish, and port in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8751).
  2. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. An urban community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A locality in the Shire of Towong, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
  5. (colloquial) Dartmouth College
  6. An English earldom

Origin of Dartmouth

English port: from Dart + mouth, since it lies at the mouth of the River Dart.

Words formed from Dartmouth

Questions about Dartmouth

What does Dartmouth mean?
Dartmouth means a town, civil parish, and port in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8751).
What part of speech is Dartmouth?
Dartmouth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dartmouth?
Dartmouth is pronounced /ˈdɑːtməθ/ (UK).

Words near Dartmouth in the dictionary

  1. Dartmoor
  2. Dartmoor Forest
  3. Dartmoors
  4. Dartmothian
  5. Dartmothians
  6. Dartmouth
  7. Dartmouthian
  8. Dartmouthians
  9. Dartnell
  10. dartoic
  11. dartoid

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