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Lanyon

Lanyon proper noun: a hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).

Proper noun

Lanyon (countable and uncountable, plural Lanyons)

  1. A hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
  2. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Cornish.
    • Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage difficult to pronounce.2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News

Forms of Lanyon

pluralLanyons

Origin of Lanyon

From Cornish lynn (“pool”) + yeyn (“cold”).

Questions about Lanyon

What does Lanyon mean?
Lanyon means a hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
What part of speech is Lanyon?
Lanyon is a proper noun.

Words near Lanyon in the dictionary

  1. lanyarded
  2. lanyardism
  3. lanyards
  4. lanyer
  5. lanyers
  6. Lanyon
  7. Lanyons
  8. Lanyu
  9. Lanza
  10. Lanzarote
  11. Lanzas

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