Malpas

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proper noun

A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).

OriginOld French mal →
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Meanings

proper nounMalpas (countable and uncountable, plural Malpases)

plural Malpases · alternative Malpass

  1. countableuncountableA small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
  2. countableuncountableA village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).
  3. countableuncountableA suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).
  4. countableuncountableA commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old French.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchmal“bad”
  2. EnglishMalpas

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

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APA

Malpas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malpas

MLA

“Malpas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malpas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malpas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malpas.

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