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Todmorden

/ˈtɒdmədən/

Todmorden proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Proper noun

Todmorden

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
    Synonyms:
    Tod

Synonyms of Todmorden

Origin of Todmorden

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + mære (“border”) + dene (“valley”). Folk etymologies have related it to German Tod (“death”) + French Mort (“death”) + Old English dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).

Questions about Todmorden

What does Todmorden mean?
Todmorden means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
What part of speech is Todmorden?
Todmorden is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Todmorden?
Todmorden is pronounced /ˈtɒdmədən/.

Words near Todmorden in the dictionary

  1. Todirești
  2. Todisco
  3. Todiscos
  4. Todman
  5. Todmans
  6. Todmorden
  7. todo
  8. TodoDeku
  9. todolactol
  10. todolactols
  11. Todoroff

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