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Mountbatten
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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 by Prince Louis of Battenberg and his children and nephews on 14 July 1917 after renouncing their German titles, due to anti-German feeling during World War I. They had considered an alternative translation, Battenhill, but later rejected it. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979).
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Proper noun
Mountbatten (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbattens)
- (countable) A surname from German.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate: a neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore.
Derived terms
- Mountbatten Estate
Related terms
Translations
Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten
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