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Newlyn

Newlyn proper noun: a coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).

Proper noun

Newlyn (countable and uncountable, plural Newlyns)

  1. A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
  2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
  3. A small town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Cornish.

Forms of Newlyn

pluralNewlyns

Origin of Newlyn

Anglicized form of Cornish Lulynn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (“fleet”) + lynn (“pool”), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.

Words formed from Newlyn

Questions about Newlyn

What does Newlyn mean?
Newlyn means a coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
What part of speech is Newlyn?
Newlyn is a proper noun.

Words near Newlyn in the dictionary

  1. newly wed
  2. newly weds
  3. newly-formed
  4. newly-wed
  5. newly-weds
  6. Newlyn
  7. Newlyn North
  8. Newlyns
  9. newlywed
  10. newlywedded
  11. newlyweds

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