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Lizard

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.

Etymology

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)

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