Mountbatten
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Mountbatten
- /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/
Where it comes from
Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount + Batten. The name was anglicised by Prince Louis of Battenberg and his children and nephews on 14 July 1917 after renouncing their German titles, due to anti-German feeling during World War I. They had considered an alternative translation, Battenhill, but later rejected it. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979).
proper noun Mountbattens · Mount Batten · Mount-Batten · Mont Batten · Mont-Batten · Montbatten
- A surname from German.
- Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate: a neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore.
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name The surname Mountbatten rendered into other languages
| 中文 | 蒙巴頓 /蒙巴顿 Méngbādùn |
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name Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten
| Deutsch | Battenberg |
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Talk about this word "Mountbatten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mountbatten. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Mountbatten. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mountbatten "Mountbatten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mountbatten.Cite this
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title = {Mountbatten},
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