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Falmouth.

A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈfæl.məθ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).

  2. A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  3. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.

  4. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Fayette County and Union Township and Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Pendleton County, Kentucky.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clam Union Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia.

  11. A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

  12. A town and parish capital in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, named for the town in Cornwall, England.

  13. A rural community of Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Where this word comes from

For the Cornish town (sense 1), from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

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