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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Linden
- 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 village in New South Wales.
- 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 of Nova Scotia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Marengo County, Alabama; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden, in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County's first European settlers.
- An unincorporated community in Arizona.
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Idaho; named for the community in Christian County, Missouri.
- A town in Indiana.
- A city in Iowa.
- A city in Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri; named for the linden trees in the area.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri; named for the town in Tennessee.
- A city in Union County, New Jersey; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
- A town, the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee; named for "Hohenlinden", a poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell.
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Wise County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for Confederate officer Charles Linden Broadus.
- A town and village in Wisconsin.
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as lynen in 1400. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of linde (“linden, Tilia sp.”) or from a hydronym. Compare Lienden, Lijnden, Linne and Linschoten.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Linden n
- A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Linden
- plural of Linde
Proper noun
Linden n (proper noun, genitive Lindens or (optionally with an article) Linden)
- A town in Gießen district, Hesse, Germany
- A municipality of Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- A municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany