English Explanatory Dictionary

Lennoxtown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277).

Word forms

Lennoxtown

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd + -town (possibly developed with the interfix -s-, leading to the modern term being spelled with an 'x'), a partial calque of Scottish Gaelic Baile na Leamhnachd, composed of Scottish Gaelic baile (“town, village”) + Scottish Gaelic na (“of”) + Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd (“new/fresh/raw milk”), literally “town of new/fresh/raw milk”, related to Irish leamhnacht (“new/fresh/raw milk”). Also compare Scots Lennoxtoon.

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