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Mountbatten
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Mount Batten
English
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Alternative forms
en Mount Batten Mount-Batten Mont Batten Mont-Batten Montbatten
Etymology
en de Battenberg Batten mountain, equivalent to en mount Batten. The name was anglicised by Prince Louis of Battenberg and his children and nephews on 14 July 1917 after renouncing their German titles, due to anti-German feeling during World War I. They had considered an alternative translation, Battenhill, but later rejected it. The neighbourhood is en Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Lord Louis Mountbatten 1900 1979 1.
Pronunciation
en /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/
Proper noun
~ s
en countable en German.
en uncountable en @ellipsis of:Mountbatten Estate neighbourhood area/Marine Parade c/Singapore.
Derived terms
en Mountbatten-Windsor Mountbatten Estate
Related terms
en Battenberg
Translations
The surname Mountbatten rendered into other languages
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蒙巴頓 Méngbādùn
Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten
German: de Battenberg
See also
en Mount Batten Batten