English Explanatory Dictionary

Newlyn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
  2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
  3. A small town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Cornish.

Word forms

Newlyn Newlyns

Etymology

Anglicized form of Cornish Lulynn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (“fleet”) + lynn (“pool”), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.

Related words

St Newlyn East

Derived words

Newlyn North
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