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Lynette

From a Welsh place name element meaning lake.

Meaning and origin

Lynette rose to prominence through Alfred Tennyson's 1872 poem Gareth and Lynette, which tells of a lady and her relationship with the knight Gareth in the Arthurian Cycle.

How to pronounce Lynette

English (US)lin-ET

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