Etymology

Falmouth

Fal·mouth
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Today it means: A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132). Full definition →

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The story

For the Cornish town (sense 1), from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

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