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Linden
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linden Lindén
English
Etymology
As a en nl -, en de - and Jewish surname, plural form of en Linde.
As a Dutch and en vls - surname, from several placenames called en Linden or en Lienden. Also shortened from en Vanderlinden.
As a en sv - surname, from sv lind lime tree. Compare en Lindeen.
As an English surname, variant of en Lindon.
As an en ga - surname, shortened from en McLinden, itself a variant of en McClinton.
Proper noun
en English Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
en Scottish, a variant of Linton.
en Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
en German, a variant of Lindner.
en unisex surnames, or for the linden tree.
en town s/Hesse c/Germany.
en town district/Kaiserslautern s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany.
en town s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany.
en town district/Westerwaldkreis s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany.
en village c/Netherlands.
en town c/Switzerland.
en suburb of city/Johannesburg c/South Africa ; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.
en town c/Guyana the second-largest settlement in the country ; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.
en locality in the carea/Blue Mountains south eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en ghost town s/Western Australia ; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.
en village p/Alberta.
en community p/Nova Scotia.
en number of places c/USA:
en city/county seat co/Marengo County s/Alabama; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden, in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County's first European settlers.
en unincorporated community s/Arizona.
en CDP co/San Joaquin County s/California c/US.
en unincorporated community s/Idaho ; named for the community in Christian County, Missouri.
en town s/Indiana.
en city s/Iowa.
en city s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Atchison County s/Missouri ; named for the linden trees in the area.
en unincorporated community co/Christian County s/Missouri ; named for the town in Tennessee.
en city co/Union County s/New Jersey ; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany. TopoZone: Linden, New Jersey
en town s/North Carolina.
en neighborhood of city/Columbus s/Ohio.
en town/county seat co/Perry County s/Tennessee ; named for "Hohenlinden", a poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (poet) Thomas Campbell.
en city/county seat co/Cass County s/Texas.
en unincorporated community s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Wise County s/West Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Roane County s/West Virginia ; named for Confederate officer Charles Linden Broadus.
en town/and/village s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Lake Linden
References
Anagrams
en deilnn dinnle linned
en eponyms
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Liende dialect form
Etymology
First attested as lynen in 1400. Etymology nl 1. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of nl linde linden, Tilia sp. or from a hydronym. Compare nl Lienden, nl Lijnden, nl Linne and nl Linschoten.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈlɪn.də(n)/
nl Nl-linden.ogg
nl Lin den
nl ɪndən 2
nl linden
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Lindenaar
nl Lindens
References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Linden.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
de noun form
de Linde
Proper noun
toponym
de town dist:suf/Gießen s/Hesse c/Germany
de municipality dist:suf/Kaiserslautern s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany
de municipality dist:suf/Dithmarschen s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany
de municipality dist:suf/Westerwaldkreis s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany