Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Settled in 1629, it was once an important shoe-making center.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A habitational surname.
  • proper noun Any of several place names ( outside Britain named for persons with the surname).
  • proper noun A male given name usually appearing as a middle name.
  • proper noun A female given name, popular as a middle name.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From place names in Norfolk and Scotland, Scottish Gaelic linne ("stream, pool") or from corresponding Old English/Celtic words.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Lynn.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.