linn

Meaning

Noun

A pool of water, especially one below a waterfall.
A waterfall or cataract, or a ravine down which its water rushes.

Origin

From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn, conflated to some extent with linn.
From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn, though this and linn have been somewhat conflated.

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