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Lansdown

Lansdown proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Lansdown (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdowns)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A neighbourhood in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9321).
  3. A hamlet in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7268).
  4. A suburb of Bath, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7466).

Forms of Lansdown

pluralLansdowns
alternative formLansdowne

Origin of Lansdown

Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”).

Questions about Lansdown

What does Lansdown mean?
Lansdown means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Lansdown?
Lansdown is a proper noun.

Words near Lansdown in the dictionary

  1. Lansbury
  2. Lansdale
  3. Lansdales
  4. Lansdell
  5. Lansdells
  6. Lansdown
  7. Lansdowne
  8. Lansdowne Forest
  9. Lansdownes
  10. Lansdowns
  11. lanseh

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