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lyn

/lɪn/US/ˈlɪn/

lyn is the alternative form of linn.

Meaning of linn

Noun (1)

linn (plural linns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, Wales) A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
    • What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?1814, J. H. Craig [pseudonym; James Hogg], The Hunting of Badlewe: A Dramatic Tale, London: H[enry] Colburn; Edinburgh: G. Goldie, →OCLC, page 1; quoted in “The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale....

Noun (2)

linn (plural linns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, Wales) A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.
    • There frisks the freckl'd finny tribe,
      In linns both wide and steep.1812, “Poems”, in Forbes, section 49

See all 6 meanings of linn

Proper noun capitalized: Lyn

Lyn

  1. A short form of female given names ending in -lyn, such as Evelyn and Carolyn; also used as a formal unisex middle name.
  2. Either of two short rivers in North Devon, England, the East Lyn and West Lyn, which converge at Lynmouth before flowing into the Bristol Channel.

Forms of lyn

plurallyns

Origin of lyn

See linn.

Words formed from lyn

Words that rhyme with lyn

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Questions about lyn

What does lyn mean?
Lyn means a short form of female given names ending in -lyn, such as Evelyn and Carolyn; also used as a formal unisex middle name.
What is lyn the alternative form of?
Lyn is the alternative form of linn.
What part of speech is lyn?
Lyn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lyn?
Lyn is pronounced /lɪn/.

Words near lyn in the dictionary

  1. lymphy
  2. lymphœdema
  3. lymphœdemata
  4. Lympstone
  5. Lymwood
  6. lyn
  7. Lynam
  8. Lynams
  9. Lynbrook
  10. lyncean
  11. Lynceus

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lyn (page history and authors); Lyn (page history and authors); linn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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