Lichfield

See also: lichfield

English

Etymology

From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/

Proper noun

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

  1. A placename:
    1. A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
    2. A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
    3. A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand. [1]
  2. (countable) A surname.
    • 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost‎[1]:
      “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.
  3. Misspelling of Litchfield.

See also

References

  1. ^ NZ Topo Map

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