Mountbatten
See also: Mount Batten
English
Alternative forms
- Mount Batten, Mount-Batten, Mont Batten, Mont-Batten, Montbatten
Etymology
Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount + Batten. The name was anglicised due to anti-German feeling during World War I. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900 - 1979).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/
Proper noun
Mountbatten (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbattens)
- (countable) A surname from German.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate. A neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore
Derived terms
- Mountbatten Estate
Related terms
- Battenberg
Translations
The surname Mountbatten rendered into other languages
Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten
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See also
- Batten
- Mount Batten