Tiverton
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.[1]
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.və(ɹ).tən/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.vɚ.tən/
- Hyphenation: Ti‧ver‧ton
- Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)tən
Proper noun
[edit]Tiverton
- A village in Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5560).
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).
- A village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1867]
- Synonym: Petit Passage (historical)
- A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
References
[edit]- ^ Oxford University Press (1912): Notes and Queries, p. 332
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Brythonic languages
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪvə(ɹ)tən
- Rhymes:English/ɪvə(ɹ)tən/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Cheshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Devon, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Villages in Nova Scotia
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Nova Scotia
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Towns in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in the United States