Marlinton

name

name ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town, the county seat of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

Example

More examples

"Since 1991, the event has been held in the Appalachian Mountains in the small town of Marlinton. The cook-off is a celebration of food dishes Americans normally do not find in a restaurant. All the dishes are made with roadkill, meaning animals found on the side of the road after being struck by a car or truck."

Etymology

From Marlin (“surname”) + -ton.

Related phrases

county seatpocahontas countywest virginia

More for "marlinton"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.