Lindsey

English

Etymology

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪnzi/

Proper noun

Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)

  1. A geographic area and former division of Lincolnshire, England.
  2. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.
  3. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9845). [1]
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.
    Synonym: Lindsay
  5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    Synonym: Lindsay

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Suffolk)

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