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Merton

//ˈmɜː.tən// name, slang

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  1. 1
    Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.; A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.; A district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.; A London borough of Greater London. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.; A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English Merantūn.

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