Lindsay

//ˈlɪnzi// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname; A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname; An Irish surname, variant of Lindsey countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Tulare County, California. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dawson County, Montana. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Platte County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Garvin County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Stanley County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Cooke County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Reeves County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename; A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename; An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename; A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia countable, uncountable

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lindseyhoward lindsaynicholas vachel lindsay

Example

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"Where the hell did you grow up, Lindsay?"

Etymology

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

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Lindsay Point

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