Lewiston
- proper noun
- /ˈluːɪstən/
- Central Maine General Hospital down in Lewiston.
- Lewiston, Maine
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Watch on YouTubeI'm from right around the Lewiston, Auburn area of Maine.
- I'm from right around the Lewiston, Auburn area of Maine.
Examples
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In the 2005-06 academic year, she will also teach two courses at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
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During the discussion, Democrat Peggy Rotundo of Lewiston questioned Schneider's motivation in filing the request in the first place.
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Now that I live in Lewiston, it's even harder to find decent Chinese food.
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Why don't I just take you right on down to Lewiston with me, son?
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I'm from right around the Lewiston, Auburn area of Maine.
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I used to live in the Lewiston area and found Chopsticks to be the absolute best Chinese food I've ever had.
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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.
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A few miles past that is the Lewiston city line.
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Central Maine General Hospital down in Lewiston.
Surface Forms
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.