lamington

Meanings

1. A small square Australian/New Zealand cake made with sponge cake covered on all sides (including top and bottom) with chocolate and desiccated coconut.

1. A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7477).
2. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9831).
3. A suburb of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
4. An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

Etymology

Uncertain. Although current dictionaries all associate it with Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, the earliest publication of this derivation is by John Hepworth in the Nation Review of July 1977. An earlier (1966) reference gives the cake but does not associate it with the Baron, suggesting the theory was not current in the 1960s. It has also been claimed that the name comes from Lamington, South Lanarkshire.