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Tynemouth

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tynemouth

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

References

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  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 123.