Tynemouth

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Tynemouth, Tynemouthe, from Old English Tīnanmūþe (literally “at the Tyne's mouth”); equivalent to the River Tyne +‎ mouth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪnmaʊθ/
  • IPA(key): (obsolete) /ˈtɪnməθ/[1]
  • Rhymes: -aɪnmaʊθ

Proper noun

Tynemouth

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, historically in Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3769).

References

  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 123.
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