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Trevelyan

Trevelyan proper noun: a surname from Cornish. Also the ellipsis of Trevelyan College.

Proper noun

Trevelyan (countable and uncountable, plural Trevelyans)

  1. A surname from Cornish.

Also used as

Trevelyan is also the ellipsis of Trevelyan College.

Forms of Trevelyan

pluralTrevelyans

Origin of Trevelyan

From Cornish trev (“farmstead; town”) + the Cornish personal name Elyan.

Questions about Trevelyan

What does Trevelyan mean?
Trevelyan means a surname from Cornish.
What part of speech is Trevelyan?
Trevelyan is a proper noun.

Words near Trevelyan in the dictionary

  1. trevat
  2. Trevathan
  3. Trevathans
  4. trevats
  5. Trevellas
  6. Trevelyan
  7. Trevelyans
  8. Trevena
  9. Trevenas
  10. Treverbyn
  11. Treves

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