Lizard

Meaning

Proper Noun

• peninsula in southern Cornwall (county) England (constituent country).
• village Landewednack (parish) on the peninsula near {{w Lizard Point, Cornwall Lizard Point,|co/Cornwall}}, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town

Origin

• Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); probably a corruption of the Cornish Lys Ardh, "high court", influenced by lizard.