Lewiston

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A city in the state of Maine in the northeastern United States, located on the Androscoggin River near Auburn
2. An American city in southwestern Maine, situated along the Androscoggin River and forming a twin community with Auburn
3. A municipality in Androscoggin County, Maine, on the banks of the Androscoggin River in the northeastern United States

Etymology: Lewiston is a place name, and its history is mostly a matter of who it was named after. The town in Maine takes its name from Lewis, the surname of the person honoring it, combined with the common English place-name ending "-ton," meaning a settlement or town. Under the source's wording, the name is simply "Lewis" plus "-ton," with no deeper linguistic twist. The "-ton" ending is the Old English "tun," originally meaning an enclosed farmstead or homestead, which later broadened to mean a village or town. It is one of the most common elements in English place names, found in thousands of towns across England and in towns founded by English settlers in North America. Attaching a personal name to it was a standard way of naming a new settlement after a founder or patron.