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Lelant

Lelant proper noun: a coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).

Proper noun

Lelant

  1. A coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).

Origin of Lelant

From Cornish Lannanta, from lann Anta (“church-site of Anta”), from Proto-Brythonic *llann (“churchyard”). Anta was a Cornish saint, whose name was transcribed by Cornish historian Charles Henderson as British Latin Anta, Ansa.

Questions about Lelant

What does Lelant mean?
Lelant means a coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).
What part of speech is Lelant?
Lelant is a proper noun.

Words near Lelant in the dictionary

  1. lekë
  2. lel
  3. Lela
  4. Lelaina
  5. Leland
  6. Lelant
  7. Lelantine
  8. Lelas
  9. Lele
  10. Lelean
  11. Leleans

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