English Explanatory Dictionary

Lund

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename
  2. An unincorporated village in the Regional District of qathet, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway.
  4. A borough and district of the city of Kristiansand, Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
  5. A village in the municipality of Namsos, Trøndelag county, Norway.
  6. A community in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden.
  7. A city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden.
  8. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9748).
  9. A hamlet in Cliffe parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6532).
  10. An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States.
  11. A small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas, United States.

Pronunciation

/lʊnd/ /lʌnd/

Word forms

Lund Lunds

Etymology

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”). * Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

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