Word history
Wiktionary records లంకపల్లి (laṅkapalli) as a Telugu surname. The entry explicitly explains a compound of laṅka, island, and palli, village. It records the same written form as a place name as well as a surname. లంకపల్లి keeps both parts together. The transparent compound supplies the literal landscape sense, but the entry does not identify a unique settlement as the origin of every household.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
laṅkapalli: Island village.
Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
Place name
Lankapalli · లంకపల్లి.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
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