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Lynn

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Lynn ♀ Of uncertain origin: possibly an altered short form of Linda, or a derivative of the French name Line, which originated as a short form of various girls' names ending in this syllable, for example Caroline. The element -lyn(n) has been a productive suffix of English girls' names since at least the middle of the 20th century, Lynn itself having enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1950s and 60s, especially.

Variant: Lynne.

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Lynn

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Lynn city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in the country were built there. Formerly the shoe industry was important, but jet engines, marine turbines, and electrical instruments have become the major products. The home of Mary Baker Eddy , the founder of Christian Science, is in Lynn.

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Lynn

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Lynn, Massachusetts/USA Saugas Founded in 1629 and renamed in 1637 after Lynn Regis (now King's Lynn) in England.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Lynn." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Lynn

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Lynn (Lann) Westmeath. ‘Church’.

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Lynn

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Lynn •agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin •weigh-in • lutein • lie-in • Samhain •Bowen, Cohen, Owen, throw-in •heroin, heroine •benzoin •bruin, ruin, shoo-in •Bedouin • Islwyn •genuine, Menuhin •cabin, Scriabin •Portakabin • sin bin • swingbin •bobbin, dobbin, robin •haemoglobin (US hemoglobin) •Reuben • dubbin • dustbin • Jacobin •kitchen, lichen •Cochin • urchin

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