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Lelant

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Etymology

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From Cornish Lannanta, from lann Anta (“church-site of Anta”), from Proto-Brythonic *llann (“churchyard”).[1] Anta was a Cornish saint, whose name was transcribed by Cornish historian Charles Henderson as British Latin Anta, Ansa.[2]

Proper noun

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Lelant

  1. A coastal village in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).

References

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  1. ^ Mills, A. D. (1991). The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names. Parragon Book Service Ltd & Magpie Books. p. 208.
  2. ^ Orme, N. (2000). The Saints of Cornwall. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, p. 65

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