Todmorden

English

Etymology

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) +‎ dene (“valley”); folk etymologies have related it to German Tod (“death”) + French Mort (“death”) + Old English 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

  1. 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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