Word.ws English Dictionary

Ludgvan

Ludgvan proper noun: a village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).

Proper noun

Ludgvan

  1. A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).

Origin of Ludgvan

From Cornish Lujuan ("place of ashes", "burnt place"). Mentioned in the Domesday Book as Latin Luduhan, which is possibly related to Breton luduenn (singulative of ludu, (ash)).

Questions about Ludgvan

What does Ludgvan mean?
Ludgvan means a village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).
What part of speech is Ludgvan?
Ludgvan is a proper noun.

Words near Ludgvan in the dictionary

  1. Ludgershall
  2. Ludgrove
  3. Ludgroves
  4. Ludgrovian
  5. Ludgrovians
  6. Ludgvan
  7. Ludham
  8. Ludhamian
  9. Ludhiana
  10. ludi
  11. Ludian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Ludgvan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Ludgvan.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ludgvan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.