Todmorden
English
Etymology
From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + dene (“valley”); alternatively, from Old English Tod (“Death”) + Mort (“Death”) + dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɒdmədən/, /ˈtɒdmɔːdən/
- (locally) IPA(key): /ˈtɒdməɹdən/, /tɔːmdɪn/
Proper noun
Todmorden
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
- Synonym: (colloquial) Tod
References
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