Lindsey
English
Etymology
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)
- A division of Lincolnshire, England; that was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom
- A former kingdom in Great Britain
- A village in Babergh district, Suffolk, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- Synonym: Lindsay
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Synonym: Lindsay
Derived terms
- East Lindsey
- Kirton in Lindsey
- Parts of Lindsey
- West Lindsey
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