Plympton
//ˈplɪmptən// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456). countable, uncountable
- 2 A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming. countable, uncountable
- 4 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.
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