English Explanatory Dictionary

Linlithgow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and royal burgh in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0077). It was formerly the county town of the historic county of West Lothian.
  2. A former name for the county of West Lothian, a historical county of Scotland; alternatively known as Linlithgowshire.

Pronunciation

/lɪnˈlɪθɡoʊ/

Word forms

Linlithgow

Etymology

From Cumbric *lınn (“lake”) + *leyth (“damp”) + *cow (“hollow”) meaning 'lake in the damp hollow." The Welsh equivalent would be llyn + llaith + cau.

Related words

Lithgow
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