Lowestoft

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Lowestoft

  • /ˈloʊstɒft/
  • /ˈloʊstəf/
  • /ˈloʊ.əstɒft/

Where it comes from

From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).

proper noun

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).

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"Lowestoft." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lowestoft. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{lowestoft_2026,
  title = {Lowestoft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lowestoft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}