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Lennoxtown

Lennoxtown proper noun: a village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277).

Proper noun

Lennoxtown

  1. A village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277).

Origin of Lennoxtown

From Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd + town (possibly developed with the interfix -s-, leading to the modern term being spelled with an 'x'), equivalent to Lennox + town, a partial calque of Scottish Gaelic Baile na Leamhnachd, composed of Scottish Gaelic baile (“town, village”) + Scottish Gaelic na (“of”) + Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd (“new/fresh/raw milk”), literally “town of new/fresh/raw milk”, related to Irish leamhnacht (“new/fresh/raw milk”). Also compare Scots Lennoxtoon.

Questions about Lennoxtown

What does Lennoxtown mean?
Lennoxtown means a village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277).
What part of speech is Lennoxtown?
Lennoxtown is a proper noun.

Words near Lennoxtown in the dictionary

  1. lennow
  2. Lennox
  3. Lennox and Addington County
  4. Lennox Head
  5. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
  6. Lennoxtown
  7. Lennoxville
  8. lenns
  9. Lenny
  10. Lenny Face
  11. Lenny Faces

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