Lelant

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proper noun

A coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).

OriginCornish Lannanta ← Proto-Brythonic *llann →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).

Origin

  1. Proto-Brythonic*llann“churchyard”
  2. CornishLannanta
  3. EnglishLelant

From Cornish Lannanta, from lann Anta (“church-site of Anta”), from Proto-Brythonic *llann (“churchyard”). Anta was a Cornish saint, whose name was transcribed by Cornish historian Charles Henderson as British Latin Anta, Ansa.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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