Lincoln

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1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*lindos“lake, liquid”
2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*llɨnn“pool”
3. Latin · derived fromLindum Colōnia“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”
4. Old English · derived fromLincolle
5. Middle English · inherited fromLincolne
6. English todayLincoln

Inherited from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lincolle, Lindcolen, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colōnia (“the Roman settlement 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 after Abraham Lincoln.

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