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Newlyn River aka Newlyn Stream
(EN)
/
Dowr Lulynn
(KW)
Type:
River
Parish:
Penzance
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
dowr
Meaning:
water, river
lu
Meaning:
fleet, army, host
Lulynn
Meaning:
Newlyn
lynn
Meaning:
pool, pond
Elements notes:
<dowr> 'stream' + <Lulynn> place-name - Newlyn (<lu> ‘fleet, army, host’ + <lynn> ‘pool, pond’}
Historic forms:
Newlyn 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Newlyn Stream 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 35)
English (1)
Newlyn River aka Newlyn Stream EN.mp3
Cornish (1)
Newlyn River aka Newlyn Stream KW.mp3