Yarmouthとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

• From the name of the River Yare + 古期英語 mūþ (“mouth”).
• On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar +‎ mouth.
• The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.

発音

• IPA: /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/
• ハイフネーション: Yar‧mouth
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)məθ

固有名詞

Yarmouth (countable and uncountable, plural Yarmouths)

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

派生語

統計情報

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Yarmouth is the 557260 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 22 individuals.

参照

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarmouth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears