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Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln proper noun: a coastal city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, Australia.

Proper noun

Port Lincoln

  1. A coastal city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, Australia.

Origin of Port Lincoln

Named by British navigator Matthew Flinders after the city of Lincoln in his native county of Lincolnshire in England.

Questions about Port Lincoln

What does Port Lincoln mean?
Port Lincoln means a coastal city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, Australia.
What part of speech is Port Lincoln?
Port Lincoln is a proper noun.

Words near Port Lincoln in the dictionary

  1. port knocking
  2. Port Laoighise
  3. Port Laoise
  4. Port Latta
  5. Port Lavaca
  6. Port Lincoln
  7. Port Loko
  8. Port Louis
  9. Port Lyautey
  10. Port Mac
  11. Port Macquarie

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