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Lewiston

Lewiston

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A city in southwestern Maine north of Portland on the Androscoggin River
  • proper noun
  • /ˈluːɪstən/
: Lewiston
  • Central Maine General Hospital down in Lewiston.
  • Lewiston, Maine

I'm from right around the Lewiston, Auburn area of Maine.

Examples

  • In the 2005-06 academic year, she will also teach two courses at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

    Academic text (2006)
  • During the discussion, Democrat Peggy Rotundo of Lewiston questioned Schneider's motivation in filing the request in the first place.

    Blog text (2)
  • Now that I live in Lewiston, it's even harder to find decent Chinese food.

    Blog text (21)
  • Why don't I just take you right on down to Lewiston with me, son?

  • I'm from right around the Lewiston, Auburn area of Maine.

  • I used to live in the Lewiston area and found Chopsticks to be the absolute best Chinese food I've ever had.

    Blog text (21)
  • Refugees from that country were settled in Portland some years ago, a good number of whom have moved north to Lewiston, where the living is less costly.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In October 2015, an earlier version of this article was presented at the conference "Property: Claims to Ownership and Responsibilities of Stewardship" at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

    Academic text (2018)
  • A few miles past that is the Lewiston city line.

  • Central Maine General Hospital down in Lewiston.

Surface Forms

Lewiston main

Morphology

Lewiston = Lewis (semi-transparent) = Lewis + ton

Formed from the name 'Lewis' plus the place-name element '-ton' meaning 'town'; understandable in structure but the suffix is a historical place-name element.

Etymology

Lewiston comes from the family name Lewis plus the ending -ton, which means 'town', so it originally meant 'Lewis's town' and is used as the name of the Maine town, often to honour someone named Lewis.