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Yarmouth

  • /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)məθ

Where it comes from

* From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”).

* On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth.

* The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.

proper noun Yarmouths

  1. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
  2. countable, uncountable A town and civil parish with a town council on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3589).
  3. countable, uncountable A town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
  7. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Yarmouth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yarmouth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Yarmouth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yarmouth

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@misc{yarmouth_2026,
  title = {Yarmouth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yarmouth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}