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Tynemouth

/ˈtaɪnmaʊθ/

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obsolete/ˈtɪnməθ/

Tynemouth proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, historically in Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3769).

Proper noun

Tynemouth

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, historically in Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3769).

Origin of Tynemouth

Inherited from Middle English Tynemouth, Tynemouthe, from Old English Tīnanmūþe (literally “at the Tyne's mouth”); equivalent to the River Tyne + mouth.

Questions about Tynemouth

What does Tynemouth mean?
Tynemouth means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, historically in Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3769).
What part of speech is Tynemouth?
Tynemouth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tynemouth?
Tynemouth is pronounced /ˈtaɪnmaʊθ/.

Words near Tynemouth in the dictionary

  1. Tyne Valley
  2. tyned
  3. Tynedale
  4. Tyneham
  5. Tynehead
  6. Tynemouth
  7. Tyner
  8. Tyners
  9. tynes
  10. Tyneside
  11. Tynewald

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