English Explanatory Dictionary

Lansdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A neighbourhood in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9321).
  3. A hamlet in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7268).
  4. A suburb of Bath, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7466).

Word forms

Lansdown Lansdowns Lansdowne

Etymology

Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”).

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