Meanings
proper noun
- A town on Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand, which is the nearest port to Christchurch.
Origin
From lyttel (“variant of little”) + -ton. Doublet of Littleton.
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APA
Lyttelton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyttelton
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“Lyttelton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyttelton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lyttelton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyttelton.
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