English Explanatory Dictionary

Lomax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former region in Lancashire, England (believed to be Lumhalghs).
  2. A habitational surname.
  3. A place name in the United States, from the surname:
  4. A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Railroad Township, Starke County, Indiana.
  6. A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
  7. A neighbourhood of La Porte, Harris County, Texas.

Word forms

Lomax

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English Lumhalghes, from Northumbrian Old English *Lummhālas, from *lumm (“pool”) + hālas (“corners”).

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