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Linwood.

A surname.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈlɪnwʊd/
  1. A surname.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  3. A town in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4364).

  4. A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1910).

  5. A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1186).

  6. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  7. A community in Wellesley, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

  8. A settlement in the Mid North region of South Australia.

  9. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

  10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and historic district in Carroll County, Maryland.

  13. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.

  14. A number of places in the United States: A village and historic district in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  15. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.

  16. A number of places in the United States: A township in Anoka County, Minnesota.

  17. A number of places in the United States: A village in Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska.

  18. A number of places in the United States: A township in Butler County, Nebraska.

  19. A number of places in the United States: A city and historic district in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

  20. A number of places in the United States: A locality in Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, New Jersey.

  21. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.

  22. A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

  23. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

  24. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town, now flooded, in Daggett County, Utah.

  25. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

  26. A number of places in the United States: A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

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