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linden

noun

  1. type of tree
  2. wood from linden trees
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪn.dən/

adj

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.

  1. Made of lime-wood.

name

Etymology: * As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

  1. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
  2. A Scottish surname, a variant of Linton.
  3. A surname from Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
  4. A surname from German, a variant of Lindner.
  5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
  6. A town in Hesse, Germany.
  7. A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  8. A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  9. A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  10. A village in the Netherlands.
  11. A town in Switzerland.
  12. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.
  13. A town in Guyana, the second-largest settlement in the country; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.
  14. A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  15. A ghost town in Western Australia; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.
  16. A village in Alberta.
  17. A community in Nova Scotia.
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noun

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.

  1. 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.”

  2. The soft wood of such trees.