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Plympton

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (growing with plum trees), from plume.[1] Doublet of Plumpton.

Pronunciation

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  1. IPA(key): /ˈplɪmptən/

Proper noun

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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.

Derived terms

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Plympton is the 75564th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 255 individuals. Plympton is most common among White (92.94%) individuals.

References

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  1. ^ Watts, Victor (2010) The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names, 1st paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 475–6

Further reading

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