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ripon

/ˈrɪpən/

ripon noun: a spur (goad for a horse etc.).

Noun

ripon (plural ripons)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A spur (goad for a horse etc.).

Proper noun capitalized: Ripon

Ripon

  1. A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3171).
  2. A municipality in Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
    • In San Joaquin County, safe and sane fireworks are prohibited in unincorporated parts of San Joaquin County, but they’re allowed within city limits of Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, Manteca and Ripon.2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA
  4. A city and town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.

Forms of ripon

pluralripons
alternative formrippon

Origin of ripon

After the city of Ripon, famous for their manufacture.

Words formed from ripon

Questions about ripon

What does ripon mean?
Ripon means a spur (goad for a horse etc.).
What part of speech is ripon?
Ripon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ripon?
Ripon is pronounced /ˈrɪpən/.
What is the plural of ripon?
The plural of ripon is ripons.

Words near ripon in the dictionary

  1. Ripoll
  2. Ripolls
  3. Ripollès
  4. ripomatic
  5. ripomatics
  6. ripon
  7. Ripon Falls
  8. ripons
  9. ripoprobe
  10. ripoptosome
  11. ripoptosomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ripon (page history and authors); Ripon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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