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Malpas

Malpas proper noun: a small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).

Proper noun

Malpas (countable and uncountable, plural Malpases)

  1. A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
  2. A village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).
  3. A suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).
  4. A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  5. A habitational surname from Old French.

Forms of Malpas

pluralMalpases
alternative formMalpass

Origin of Malpas

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

Questions about Malpas

What does Malpas mean?
Malpas means a small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
What part of speech is Malpas?
Malpas is a proper noun.

Words near Malpas in the dictionary

  1. malpais
  2. malpaises
  3. malparkage
  4. malparries
  5. malparry
  6. Malpas
  7. Malpases
  8. Malpass
  9. Malpasses
  10. malpaís
  11. malpaíses

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