Linn

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See also: linn and linn-

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Linn

  1. A surname.
  2. A city and town in Kansas, United States
  3. A small city, the county seat of Osage County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A town in Wisconsin, United States.

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German linna, from Latin līnea. Cognate with German Linie.

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Linn f (plural Linnen)

  1. line

Norwegian

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A 1940s creation, possibly a variant of Line and Lina, short for names ending in -lin (Ingelin,Elin, Malin, etc).

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Linn

  1. a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

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Linn c (genitive Linns)

  1. a female given name borrowed from Norway and currently popular