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Freemantle

Freemantle proper noun: a suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).

Proper noun

Freemantle (countable and uncountable, plural Freemantles)

  1. A suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).
  2. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A surname from Old French.

Forms of Freemantle

pluralFreemantles
alternative formFremantle

Origin of Freemantle

From French Fromental (“a place name, a commune in Limousin, France”), from Old French froit (“cold”) + mantel (“cloak, mantle”). The suburb in Hampshire is named after the French village.

Questions about Freemantle

What does Freemantle mean?
Freemantle means a suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).
What part of speech is Freemantle?
Freemantle is a proper noun.

Words near Freemantle in the dictionary

  1. Freemans
  2. Freemans Reach
  3. Freemans Waterhole
  4. freemanship
  5. freemanships
  6. Freemantle
  7. Freemantles
  8. freemartin
  9. freemartinism
  10. freemartins
  11. freemason

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