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Lindsay

lind·say

UK/ˈlɪndzi/ US/ˈlɪnzi/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

2.

United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

Origin

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

Phrases

  • Lindsay Point others

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