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Lower Dimson

suburban area · Cornwall

Old EnglishAI-generated

Lower Dimson is a settlement situated lower than another place called Dimson. Dimson may derive from an Old English personal name and 'tun' (settlement), or refer to a 'dun' (hill) settlement.

Word origins

Lower
Old Englishsituated below(from lāwera "lower")
Dimson
Old Englishsettlement of Dimm or settlement on a hill(from Dimm "personal name", tūn "enclosure, settlement")