Malvern

English

Etymology

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

Proper noun

Malvern

1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.
2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
5. A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
6. A neighbourhood in north-east Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
   2. A city, the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
   3. A city in Mills County, Iowa.
   4. A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
   5. A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
   6. An unincorporated community in the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Great Malvern
• Little Malvern
• Malvern Hills
• Malvernian
• Malvern Link
• Malvern pudding
• Malvern Wells
• Quatt Malvern