name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
linn
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈlɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
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/lɪn/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: lin
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homophone: Lynn
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homophone: lyn
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city and town in Kansas, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A small city, the county seat of Osage County, Missouri, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A town in Wisconsin, United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, Wales
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noun
Meaning 6
A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, Wales
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History
Etymology
From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).
From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn (“pool, pond”), or else a Brythonic source such as Cumbric *lınn, all from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Conflated to some extent with linn (“waterfall”).