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Lympstone

Lympstone proper noun: a coastal village in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9984).

Proper noun

Lympstone

  1. A coastal village in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9984).
    • "She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp.
      "Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly...2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71

Origin of Lympstone

Uncertain. Derived from Lympston. Sources include Leveneston, Leustona, Veneston, Weleston, Limpston. Suffixed with + -ton.

Questions about Lympstone

What does Lympstone mean?
Lympstone means a coastal village in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9984).
What part of speech is Lympstone?
Lympstone is a proper noun.

Words near Lympstone in the dictionary

  1. lymphs
  2. lymphuria
  3. lymphy
  4. lymphœdema
  5. lymphœdemata
  6. Lympstone
  7. Lymwood
  8. lyn
  9. Lynam
  10. Lynams
  11. Lynbrook

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