Etymology

Launceston

L1A1U1N1C3E1S1T1O1N1

Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384). Full definition →

Cornish Lannstevan
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The story

  1. Cornish · derived fromLannstevan
  2. English todayLaunceston

From Cornish Lannstevan + -ton.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.