Cant (EN) / Kanta (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Minver Lowlands
Hundred: 
Triggshire
Elements: 

-a

Meaning: 
descriptive suffix

kant

Meaning: 
district, region, edge, border
Elements notes: 
<kant> 'district, region, edge, border' + <-a> place suffix
Historic forms: 
Canta 1284 Kanta 1302 Canta 1303 Canta 1306 Canta 1327 Canta 1346 Cant 1354