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Lymington

town · Hampshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Lymington is thought to derive from an Old English personal name and a settlement term. It likely means 'Leoma's settlement' or 'settlement on the stream'.

Word origins

Lym
Old Englishpersonal name (Leoma) or stream(from Leoma "personal name", līm "limestone, clay, or possibly stream")
ington
Old Englishsettlement(from ingas "people of", tūn "settlement, farmstead")

Historical forms

Limentin · Lymington