Malvern

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UK/ˈmɔːlvən/UK, obsolete/ˈmɔːvən/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.

OriginMiddle English Malverne ← Old English Mælfern →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.
  2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  5. A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
  6. A neighbourhood in north-east Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
    2. A city, the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
    3. A city in Mills County, Iowa.
    4. A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
    5. A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    6. An unincorporated community in the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishMælfern
  2. Middle EnglishMalverne
  3. EnglishMalvern

Inherited from Middle English Malverne, from Old English Mælfern, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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