English Explanatory Dictionary

lavant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring.
  2. A violent flow or rush of water.
name
  1. A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8508).
  2. A minor river in West Sussex.
  3. A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
name
  1. A municipality in East Tyrol, Austria.

Word forms

lavant lavants levant

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *lavand, *lavant, lavande, present participle of Middle English laven (“to stream, pour out a stream, wash”), from Old English lafian (“to pour water on, wash, lave, bathe, ladle out”), equivalent to lave + -and; or from Old French lavant, present participle of laver (“to wash”). See lave.

Derived words

East Lavant Mid Lavant
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