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linn¹

  • /lɪn/

Sounds like lin, Lynn, lyn · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).

noun linns · lin · lyn · lynn

  1. Northern England, Scotland, Wales A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes. What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?

linn²

  • /lɪn/

Sounds like lin, Lynn, lyn · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn (“pool, pond”), or else a Brythonic source such as Cumbric *lınn, all from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Conflated to some extent with linn (“waterfall”).

noun linns · lin

  1. Northern England, Scotland, Wales A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade. There frisks the freckl'd finny tribe, In linns both wide and steep.

Linn³

  • /ˈlɪn/ US

Rhymes with -ɪn

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A city and town in Kansas, United States.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Osage County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A town in Wisconsin, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lynn, gael, lyn, city, genus, lin, lam, lien, lim, benton, layne, loch, liddel, lough, lochan, lochy

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"linn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/linn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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linn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/linn

Chicago

"linn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/linn.

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@misc{linn_2026,
  title = {linn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}