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Platt

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Plattdeutsch, Low German rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt."

  2. 2
    A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria.
  3. 3
    A surname.
  4. 4
    A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257).
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States.
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  1. 6
    A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”). alt-of, obsolete

    "3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”). alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "straw platt"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.

Etymology 2

From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.

Etymology 3

From German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch.

Etymology 4

English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).

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