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Mortuary Beach

Mortuary Beach proper noun: monastery Beach, part of the Carmel River State Beach in California, United States.

Proper noun

Mortuary Beach

  1. (US, slang) Monastery Beach, part of the Carmel River State Beach in California, United States.

Origin of Mortuary Beach

A pun with mortuary for the similar-sounding monastery, in reference to numerous fatalities resulting from the strong waves and currents there.

Questions about Mortuary Beach

What does Mortuary Beach mean?
Mortuary Beach means monastery Beach, part of the Carmel River State Beach in California, United States.
What part of speech is Mortuary Beach?
Mortuary Beach is a proper noun.

Words near Mortuary Beach in the dictionary

  1. mortstones
  2. mortuarian
  3. mortuarians
  4. mortuaries
  5. mortuary
  6. Mortuary Beach
  7. mortuary chapel
  8. mortuary chapels
  9. mortuary pole
  10. mortuary poles
  11. mortuary science

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