Falmouth
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Falmouth
- /ˈfæl.məθ/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ælməθ
Where it comes from
For the Cornish town (sense 1), from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.
proper noun
- A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132). In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed.
- A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Fayette County and Union Township and Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Pendleton County, Kentucky.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Erickson shared images on CNN iReport that show mixed holiday decorations in their Falmouth, Massachusetts, home, from a menorah and advent calendar to stockings bearing the phrase “shalom” and plates decorated with dreidels on a red plaid table cloth.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clam Union Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia.
- A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
- A town and parish capital in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, named for the town in Cornwall, England. My son says that this telephone can even allow you to chat with someone in another district—that you may be in Falmouth, yet your talk may be raising the eyebrows of someone in Kingston.
- A rural community of Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Translations
Talk about this word "Falmouth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/falmouth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Falmouth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/falmouth "Falmouth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/falmouth.Cite this
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title = {Falmouth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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