English Explanatory Dictionary

Tregenna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).
  2. An 18th-century former castle St Ives, Cornwall, now a hotel; in full, Tregenna Castle (OS grid ref SW5139).
  3. A habitational surname from Cornish.

Word forms

Tregenna Tregennas

Etymology

From Cornish tre (“homestead”) + kensa (“first, foremost”).

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