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Linwood

  • /ˈlɪnwʊd/

Sounds like Lynwood

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana.
  11. A minor city in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
  12. An unincorporated community and historic district in Carroll County, Maryland.
  13. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
  14. A village and historic district in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  15. An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
  16. A township in Anoka County, Minnesota.
  17. A village in Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska.
  18. A township in Butler County, Nebraska.
  19. A city and historic district in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  20. A locality in Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, New Jersey.
  21. An unincorporated community near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.
  22. A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  23. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A ghost town, now flooded, in Daggett County, Utah.
  25. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
  26. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{linwood_2026,
  title = {Linwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}