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Cornish place-name element
lys
lys means “court”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Lis- (Liskeard)
- Liz- (Lizard)
Place names with lys
- Lysardh · Lizard · Cornwall“high court”, from lys “court” and ardh “height”
- Lyskerrys · Liskeard · Cornwall“court of Kerrys”, a personal name
- Hellys · Helston · Cornwall“old court”
Other Cornish elements
aber · river mouth, estuarybos · dwellingenys · islandhen · oldheyl · estuarylann · holy enclosurelogh · inletpenn · head, top, endporth · port, harbour, coveres · fordrudh · redtre · homestead, town
Sources
- Wiktionary: lys (Cornish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (kw-lys)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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