Meanings
proper noun
- A village in Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5560).
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).
- A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Similar
Petit Passage
Origin
From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton. The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.
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Cite this entry
APA
Tiverton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiverton
MLA
“Tiverton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiverton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tiverton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiverton.
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