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Newlyn.

A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).

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  1. A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).

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  2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

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  3. A small town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.

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  4. A habitational surname from Cornish.

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Where this word comes from

Anglicized form of Cornish Lulynn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (“fleet”) + lynn (“pool”), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.

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