Etymology

Lennoxtown

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Today it means: A village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277). Full definition →

Irish leamhnacht
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromleamhnacht“new/fresh/raw milk”
  2. English todayLennoxtown

From Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd + town (possibly developed with the interfix -s-, leading to the modern term being spelled with an 'x'), equivalent to Lennox + town, a partial calque of Scottish Gaelic Baile na Leamhnachd, composed of Scottish Gaelic baile (“town, village”) + Scottish Gaelic na (“of”) + Scottish Gaelic leamhnachd (“new/fresh/raw milk”), literally “town of new/fresh/raw milk”, related to Irish leamhnacht (“new/fresh/raw milk”). Also compare Scots Lennoxtoon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.