Malvern

English

Etymology

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).[1]

Proper noun

Malvern

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern. [2]
  2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  5. A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
  6. A neighbourhood in north-east Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
    2. A city, the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
    3. A city in Mills County, Iowa.
    4. A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
    5. A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    6. An unincorporated community in the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ "Gt Malvern :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2024.[1]
  2. ^ Parish map (Worcestershire)
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