Linwood.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A town in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4364).
A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1910).
A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1186).
A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A community in Wellesley, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
A settlement in the Mid North region of South Australia.
A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and historic district in Carroll County, Maryland.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
A number of places in the United States: A village and historic district in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Anoka County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Butler County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A city and historic district in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
A number of places in the United States: A locality in Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, New Jersey.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town, now flooded, in Daggett County, Utah.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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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