linden
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Definition of linden
39 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable, obsolete)Made of lime-wood.
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adj
- (not-comparable, obsolete)Made of lime-wood.
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
“The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.”
- (uncountable, usually)The soft wood of such trees.
name
- An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
- A Scottish surname, a variant of Linton.
- A surname from Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
- A surname from German, a variant of Lindner.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
- A town in Hesse, Germany.
- A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- A village in the Netherlands.
- A town in Switzerland.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.
- A town in Guyana, the second-largest settlement in the country; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.
- A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A ghost town in Western Australia; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.
- A village in Alberta.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
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Etymology
From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.
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