Lennoxtown
English
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Etymology
editScottish Gaelic leamhnachd + -town (possibly developed with the interfix -s-, leading to the modern term being spelled with an 'x'), 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.
Proper noun
editLennoxtown
- A village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6277).
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- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms suffixed with -town
- English terms partially calqued from Scottish Gaelic
- English compound terms
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland