Lizard

See also: lizard

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Lizard

  1. A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.

Proper noun

Lizard

  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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