Mountbatten
See also: Mount Batten
English
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editEtymology
editPartial 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).
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editProper noun
editMountbatten (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbattens)
- (countable) A surname from German.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate. A neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore
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