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Exmouth

/ˈɛksməθ/

Exmouth proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe (OS grid ref SY0081).

Proper noun

Exmouth

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe (OS grid ref SY0081).
  2. A town and local government area (the Shire of Exmouth) in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Origin of Exmouth

In England, from Old English Exanmūþa recorded c. 1025, equivalent to Exe + mouth.

Words formed from Exmouth

Questions about Exmouth

What does Exmouth mean?
Exmouth means a town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe (OS grid ref SY0081).
What part of speech is Exmouth?
Exmouth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Exmouth?
Exmouth is pronounced /ˈɛksməθ/.

Words near Exmouth in the dictionary

  1. Exmoor
  2. Exmoorian
  3. Exmoorians
  4. Exmoors
  5. Exmore
  6. Exmouth
  7. Exmouthian
  8. exmr.
  9. exmrs.
  10. Exner
  11. Exner's plexus

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