Lincoln

Meanings

Proper Noun

• city/and/borough county, Lincolnshire England (country).
• A male given name from surnames, originally in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
• The capital city of Nebraska (state), USA (country) and the county seat of Lancaster (county) County.
• city, county seat Logan County (county) Illinois (state).
• city Placer County (county) California (state) US (country).
• town on l, Lake Ontario in the {{w Regional Municipality of Niagara,|p/Ontario|c/Canada}}.
• town Canterbury (region) New Zealand (country), named after the Earl of Lincoln.

Noun

• A brand of American automobile.
• An English breed of sheep.
• A five-dollar bill.
• A high-altitude, long-range bomber based on the Avro Lancaster.

Origin

• 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.