English Explanatory Dictionary

Ludgvan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).

Word forms

Ludgvan

Etymology

From Cornish Lujuan ("place of ashes", "burnt place"). Mentioned in the Domesday Book as Latin Luduhan, which is possibly related to Breton luduenn (singulative of ludu, (ash)).

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