"Merton" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɜː.tən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɝ.tən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Merton.wav Forms: Mertons [plural]
Etymology: From Old English Merantūn. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Merantūn}} Old English Merantūn Head templates: {{en-prop|~|s}} Merton (countable and uncountable, plural Mertons)
  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).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Devon, England, Places in Devon, England, Places in England, Villages in Devon, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-ivtdN-dc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 5 5 33 8 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 5 36 5 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 5 34 8 12 1
  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).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater London, England
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-22Vp0mBH Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Greater London, England
  3. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
    A London borough of Greater London.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Boroughs of Greater London, England, Districts of Greater London, England, Places in England, Places in Greater London, England
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-uOafExKq
  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).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Oxfordshire, England, Places in England, Places in Oxfordshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Oxfordshire, England
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-zkmcObb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 5 5 33 8 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 5 36 5 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 5 34 8 12 1
  5. A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Victoria, Australia, Towns in Australia, Towns in Victoria, Australia
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-PEt1QXUQ
  6. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-pbwbFHuG Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 5 5 33 8 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 5 36 5 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 5 34 8 12 1
  7. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: Merton College, Oxford
    Sense id: en-Merton-en-name-sauWHGFv Categories (other): Oxford University English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Merton-compliant, Merton Park, Mertonian

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝ.tən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "London Borough of +"
  ],
  "word": "Merton"
}

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