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Lundy

Lundy proper noun: an island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).

Proper noun (1)

Lundy

  1. An island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).
  2. A sea area corresponding to the Bristol Channel

Proper noun (2)

Lundy (plural Lundys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Lundy

pluralLundys

Origin of Lundy

The name means 'puffin island', from Old Norse lundi (“puffin”) + ey (“island”). Compare Lundey in Iceland.

Irish and Scottish surname from a variant of Lundie.

Words formed from Lundy

Questions about Lundy

What does Lundy mean?
Lundy means an island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).
What part of speech is Lundy?
Lundy is a proper noun.

Words near Lundy in the dictionary

  1. Lundquist
  2. Lundquists
  3. Lundstrom
  4. Lundstroms
  5. Lundvall
  6. Lundy
  7. Lundy cabbage
  8. Lundyfoot
  9. Lundys
  10. lune
  11. lune of Hippocrates

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