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Lithgow

/lɪθɡəʊ/

Lithgow proper noun: a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Lithgow (countable and uncountable, plural Lithgows)

  1. (countable) A habitational surname.
    • When John Lithgow was announced as Dumbledore, he revealed that a friend had sent him a link to an article entitled: “An open letter to John Lithgow: Please walk away from Harry Potter.”2025 June 11, Stuart Heritage, “‘Please walk away from Harry Potter’: why the stars of HBO’s new TV show are in for decades of social media hell”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original...
  2. A city and local government area in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A hamlet in the town of Washington, Dutchess County, New York, United States.

Forms of Lithgow

pluralLithgows

Origin of Lithgow

Scottish habitational surname from the town of Linlithgow, in West Lothian.

Questions about Lithgow

What does Lithgow mean?
Lithgow means a habitational surname.
What part of speech is Lithgow?
Lithgow is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lithgow?
Lithgow is pronounced /lɪθɡəʊ/.

Words near Lithgow in the dictionary

  1. litherness
  2. lithes
  3. lithesome
  4. lithesomeness
  5. lithest
  6. Lithgow
  7. Lithgows
  8. lithia
  9. lithia emerald
  10. lithia emeralds
  11. lithia water

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