Merton

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UK/ˈmɜː.tən/US/ˈmɝ.tən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).

OriginOld English Merantūn →
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Meanings

proper nounMerton (countable and uncountable, plural Mertons)

plural Mertons

  1. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).
    2. countableuncountableA district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670).
    3. countableuncountableA London borough of Greater London.
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717).
  2. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
  3. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  4. abbreviationcountableellipsisinformaluncountableOxford UniversityEllipsis of Merton College, Oxford.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishMerantūn
  2. Old EnglishMerantūn
  3. EnglishMerton

Inherited from Old English Merantūn.

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Anagrams

mentorMortenmontremetronMontertormenErmontMernotmeronttermon
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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