English Explanatory Dictionary

Lambton County

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A county in south-west Ontario, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæm.tən ˈkaʊn.ti/

Word forms

Lambton County

Etymology

Named after British colonial administrator and politician John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792 - 1840). Lambton had visited the area of the future county in the late 1830s.

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