Yarmouth
English
Etymology
- From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”).
- On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth.
- The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/
- Hyphenation: Yar‧mouth
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)məθ
Proper noun
Yarmouth (countable and uncountable, plural Yarmouths)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- Short for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
- A town and civil parish with a town council on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3589).
- A town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.
- A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
- A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- District of Yarmouth
- Great Yarmouth
- Yarmouth capon
- Yarmouth County
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Yarmouth is the 557260th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 22 individuals.
References
- Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarmouth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears