Lund

//lʌnd// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; An unincorporated village in the Regional District of qathet, British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; A borough and district of the city of Kristiansand, Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A village in the municipality of Namsos, Trøndelag county, Norway. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A community in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9748). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; A hamlet in Cliffe parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6532). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename; A small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename; An unincorporated village in Iron County, Utah, United States. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Pepin County and Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A surname. countable

Etymology

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”). * Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

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