Lincoln
English
Etymology
Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named for Abraham Lincoln.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkən/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋkən
Proper noun
Lincoln (countable and uncountable, plural Lincolns)
- A city and borough of Lincolnshire, England.
- An English surname from Old English.
- Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States during the Civil War.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of American usage, originally in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
- A number of places in the United States:
- The capital city of Nebraska, and the county seat of Lancaster County.
- A city in Placer County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Logan County, Illinois.
- A town in Providence County, Rhode Island.
- A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
- A town on Lake Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
- Related terms: West Lincoln (township)
- A town in Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the Earl of Lincoln.
- (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Lincoln College, Oxford..
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a city, a surname
capital city of Nebraska
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Noun
Lincoln (plural Lincolns)
- A brand of American automobile.
- An English breed of sheep.
- (US, slang) A five-dollar bill.
- 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks:
- As I was walking down the street last night
A pretty little girl came into sight
I bowed and smiled and asked her name
She said, "Hold it bud, I don't play that game"
I reached in my pocket, and to her big surprise
There was Lincoln staring her dead in the eyes.
- 1989, Albert William Gray, Size, page 117:
- A Jackson, a Lincoln, three singles. He was seven bucks short, […]
- 2006, EminemsRevenge, Jew Girl, page 181:
- […] not only winning the hand, but also collecting a five dollar per player bonus. […] Jonah yelled to Fred, who crumpled up a Lincoln and tossed it toward him.
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- (aviation) A high-altitude, long-range bomber based on the Avro Lancaster.
Translations
automobile
See also
Further reading
- Lincoln at OneLook Dictionary Search
- NZ Topo Map
- “Lincoln”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Lincoln”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Lincoln”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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