Lanyon

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proper noun

A hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).

OriginCornish lynn →
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Meanings

proper nounLanyon (countable and uncountable, plural Lanyons)

plural Lanyons

  1. countableuncountableA hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Cornish.

    Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage difficult to pronounce.

    2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News

Origin

  1. Cornishlynn“pool”
  2. EnglishLanyon

From Cornish lynn (“pool”) + yeyn (“cold”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Lanyon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lanyon

MLA

“Lanyon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lanyon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lanyon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lanyon.

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