Merton
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Merton
- /ˈmɜː.tən/ UK
- /ˈmɝ.tən/ US
Where it comes from
Inherited from Old English Merantūn.
proper noun Mertons
- A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5212).
- A district in borough of Merton, in south-west Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2670).
- A London borough of Greater London.
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5717).
- A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
- Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford.
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Closest in meaning: trappist, scholes, borough, district, municipality, suburb, locality, neighborhood, area, locale, township, precinct, ward, division, region, section
Talk about this word "Merton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/merton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Merton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/merton "Merton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/merton.Cite this
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title = {Merton},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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