"Lindsey" meaning in All languages combined

See Lindsey on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪnzi/ Forms: Lindseys [plural]
Etymology: 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)”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|Lindesege}} Old English Lindesege, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*llɨnn||pool}} Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*lindos||lake, liquid}} Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), {{m+|ang|ēġ||island (of land)}} Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)
  1. A geographic area and former division of Lincolnshire, England. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Lincolnshire, England
    Sense id: en-Lindsey-en-name-MkF6bcM3 Categories (other): Former political divisions, Geographic and cultural areas of England
  2. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England
    Sense id: en-Lindsey-en-name-JEBVCD5T Categories (other): Former polities
  3. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9845). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Suffolk, England, Places in England, Places in Suffolk, England, Villages in England, Villages in Suffolk, England
    Sense id: en-Lindsey-en-name-iBay9xpZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 13 48 22 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 7 54 15 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 55 10 12
  4. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Lindsay
    Sense id: en-Lindsey-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
  5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Lindsay
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: East Lindsey, Kirton in Lindsey, Parts of Lindsey, West Lindsey Related terms: Lindsay, Lyndsey

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "Parts of Lindsey"
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