Mountbatten

See also: Mount Batten

English

Alternative forms

• Mount Batten, Mount-Batten, Mont Batten, Mont-Batten, Montbatten

Etymology

Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount +‎ Batten. The name was anglicised due to anti-German feeling during World War I. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/

Proper noun

Mountbatten (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbattens)

1. (countable) A surname from German.
2. (uncountable) Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate. A neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore

Derived terms

• Mountbatten Estate

 

Related terms

• Battenberg

 

Translations

The surname Mountbatten rendered into other languages

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙巴頓／蒙巴顿 (zh) (Méngbādùn)

Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten

• German: Battenberg

See also

• Batten
• Mount Batten