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Lychpit

Lychpit proper noun: a modern suburb in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6653).

Proper noun

Lychpit

  1. A modern suburb in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6653).

Origin of Lychpit

From lych + pit, lych being from Old English lic (“corpse”), so it probably refers to a burial pit.

Phrases with Lychpit

Questions about Lychpit

What does Lychpit mean?
Lychpit means a modern suburb in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6653).
What part of speech is Lychpit?
Lychpit is a proper noun.

Words near Lychpit in the dictionary

  1. lychnobites
  2. lychnomancy
  3. lychnoscope
  4. lychnoscopes
  5. lychnoscopic
  6. Lychpit
  7. Lychrel number
  8. Lychrel numbers
  9. lychway
  10. lychways
  11. Lycia

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