Malpas.
A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
Meaning & usage
A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
A village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).
A suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).
A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
A habitational surname from Old French.
Where this word comes from
From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.
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