Lindsey
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).
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[edit]Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)
- A geographic area and former division of Lincolnshire, England.
- An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.
- A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9845). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- Synonym: Lindsay
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Synonym: Lindsay
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