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Lyttelton

Lyttelton proper noun: a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Lyttelton

  1. A habitational surname.
  2. A town on Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand, which is the nearest port to Christchurch.

Origin of Lyttelton

From lyttel (“variant of little”) + -ton. Doublet of Littleton.

Questions about Lyttelton

What does Lyttelton mean?
Lyttelton means a habitational surname.
What part of speech is Lyttelton?
Lyttelton is a proper noun.

Words near Lyttelton in the dictionary

  1. lytoceratid
  2. lytoceratids
  3. lytta
  4. lyttae
  5. lyttel
  6. Lyttelton
  7. lytter
  8. lytters
  9. Lyttle
  10. Lyttles
  11. Lytton

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