Lizard

See also: lizard

English

Etymology

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); probably a corruption of Cornish lys ardh (“high court”), influenced by lizard.

Proper noun

the Lizard

1. A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.

Proper noun

Lizard

1. A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)

See also

• Lizard Point
• Weston-under-Lizard