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Plympton

/ˈplɪmptən/

Plympton proper noun: a former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).

Proper noun

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

  1. A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
  2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Plympton

pluralPlymptons
alternative formPlimpton

Origin of Plympton

From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

Words formed from Plympton

Questions about Plympton

What does Plympton mean?
Plympton means a former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
What part of speech is Plympton?
Plympton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Plympton?
Plympton is pronounced /ˈplɪmptən/.

Words near Plympton in the dictionary

  1. Plymouthist
  2. Plymouthists
  3. Plymouthite
  4. Plymouthites
  5. Plymouths
  6. Plympton
  7. Plympton St Mary
  8. Plympton St Maurice
  9. Plympton-Wyoming
  10. Plymptons
  11. Plyms

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