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Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri Linda is an extinct town in New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features thro ..., a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda (given Name)
Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. The German name ''Linde'' was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as ''Dietlinde'' and ''Sieglinde''. In the form ''Linda'' it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume novel '' Titan'', published 1800–1803, and it became popular in German-speaking countries thereafter. The name-element ''Linde'' is possibly derived from the same root as the linden tree, with reference to a shield made of that wood, but may have become associated with Germanic ''lind'' meaning "soft, tender", the image of the tree being used to indicate a gentle personality. Subsequent support for its appeal may have come from the neo-Latin language (Italian, Spanish or Portuguese) word ''linda'', which is the feminine form of ''lindo'', meaning "beautiful, pretty, cute" (Spanish and Portuguese) and "clean" (Italian). It is also a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |