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Lindsay

/ˈlɪndzi/US/ˈlɪnzi/

Lindsay proper noun: a Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.

Proper noun

Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
  2. An Irish surname, variant of Lindsey
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
  5. A city in Tulare County, California.
  6. An unincorporated community in Dawson County, Montana.
  7. A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
  8. A city in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
  9. A ghost town in Stanley County, South Dakota.
  10. A city in Cooke County, Texas.
  11. A census-designated place in Reeves County, Texas.
  12. A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
  13. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  14. A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia

Forms of Lindsay

pluralLindsays
alternative formLindsey
alternative formLyndsey

Origin of Lindsay

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

Words formed from Lindsay

Questions about Lindsay

What does Lindsay mean?
Lindsay means a Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
What part of speech is Lindsay?
Lindsay is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lindsay?
Lindsay is pronounced /ˈlɪnzi/ (US).

Words near Lindsay in the dictionary

  1. lindqvistite
  2. Lindros
  3. linds
  4. lindsaeoid
  5. lindsaeoids
  6. Lindsay
  7. Lindsay Point
  8. lindsayoid
  9. lindsayoids
  10. Lindsays
  11. Lindsey

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