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Lynn

proper noun

  1. place name
  2. given name
  3. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /lɪn/

name

  1. A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

    King Edward. But whither shall we then? Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders.

  2. An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).
  3. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”).
  4. A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.
  5. A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
  7. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
  8. A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
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  20. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  21. A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.