name
Meaning 1
Plattdeutsch, Low German
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt.
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Standard Lemma guide
platt
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Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria.
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name
Meaning 3
A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257).
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States.
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name
Meaning 5
A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States.
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name
Meaning 6
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 7
Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- straw platt
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noun
Meaning 9
A marketplace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cornwall, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch.
English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).
From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.
From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.
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