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Falmouth
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English
Etymology
For the Cornish town (en Q478029), from en Fal mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfæl.məθ/ RP,GA
en ælməθ 2
en Fal mouth
Proper noun
en Q478029 en town/port/and/cpar with a town council in south-west co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SW8132. Parish map (Cornwall)
en Lisa Young Council delays decision about weedkiller use w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773r8y4x4lo 2026-01-14 In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed. https://web.archive.org/web/20260116071116/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773r8y4x4lo
en village co/Hants County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm co/Suwannee County s/Florida.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Fairview co/Fayette County and twp:Suf/Union and twp:Suf/Washington co/Rush County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Pendleton County s/Kentucky.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Cumberland County s/Maine. TopoZone: Falmouth, Maine
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Barnstable County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Falmouth, Massachusetts
en Emanuella Grinberg;Christina Zdanowicz Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/living/blended-christmas-hanukkah-holiday 2012-12-14 Erickson shared images on CNN iReport that show mixed holiday decorations in their Falmouth, Massachusetts, home, from a menorah and advent calendar to stockings bearing the phrase “shalom” and plates decorated with dreidels on a red plaid table cloth. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210060331/https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/living/blended-christmas-hanukkah-holiday
en ucomm/and/CDP twp:Suf/Clam Union co/Missaukee County s/Michigan.
en CDP twp:Suf/Conoy co/Lancaster County s/Pennsylvania.
en CDP co/Stafford County s/Virginia.
en port town par/Saint Paul isl/Antigua c/Antigua and Barbuda.
en town/and/parish capital par/Trelawny c/Jamaica named for the town in Cornwall, England.
en 2010 w:Andrea Levy w:The Long Song Tinder Press (2017) 102 My son says that this telephone can even allow you to chat with someone in another district—that you may be in Falmouth, yet your talk may be raising the eyebrows of someone in Kingston.
en rural community carea/Break O'Day s/Tasmania c/Australia.
Derived terms
en East Falmouth
en North Falmouth
en West Falmouth
Translations
harbour town in Cornwall, England
Cornish: kw Aberfala, kw Arwednak
town in Jamaica
Arabic: ar فالماوث
Greek: el Φάλμουθ
Jamaican Creole: jam Falmot
Japanese: ja ファルマウス Farumausu
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