Linda may refer to:

As a name

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' ...

, a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) *

Linda (singer) Svetlana Lvovna Geiman (russian: Светлана Львовна Гейман; born 29 April 1977), known professionally as Linda (russian: Линда), is a Russian singer and songwriter. Her style incorporates trip hop, electronic, and ethnic ...

(born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress *

Bogusław Linda Bogusław Linda (; born 27 June 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as ''Psy'' and ''Tato''. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's ''Man of Iron'' and ''Danton'' and in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'' and the seventh episode of Kieśl ...

(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 Linda (Spanish for "Pretty") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 17,773 at the 2010 census, up from 13,474 at the 2000 census. Linda is located north-northwest of Olivehurst. Geograph ...

, 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 Linda is the site of an old ghost town in the Linda Valley in the West Coast Range of Tasmania, Australia. It has also been known as ''Linda Valley''. North Mount Lyell There had been a location or community high on the ridge between Mount Owe ...

, Australia, a ghost town *

Linda, Georgia , settlement_type = Village , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size ...

, village in Abkhazia, Georgia *

Linda, Bashkortostan Linda (russian: links=no, Линда) is a rural locality (a village) in Abdrashitovsky Selsoviet, Alsheyevsky District, Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqo ...

, village in Bashkortostan, Russia *

Linda Valley Linda Valley is a valley in the West Coast Range of Tasmania. It was earlier known as the Vale of Chamouni. It is located between Mount Owen and Mount Lyell. Human settlement Linda Valley is the location of two historical settlements, Linda a ...

, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater)

Music

* ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song * "Linda" (1946 song), a popular song written by Jack Lawrence * "Linda", a song by Ann Ronnell, written for the 1945 film ''

The Story of G.I. Joe ''The Story of G.I. Joe'', also credited in prints as ''Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe'', is a 1945 American war film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, i ...

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Linda (Tokischa and Rosalía song) "Linda" (; stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by Dominican rapper Tokischa and Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía. Written by both performers alongside Leonardo Felipe Yasmil and El Kagueto del Guetto, and produced by Leo RD alongside Rosalí ...

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Fiction

* ''Linda'' (1929 film), an American film * ''Linda'' (1960 film), a British teen drama * ''Linda'' (1973 film), a TV movie directed by Jack Smight * ''Linda'' (1993 film), starring Richard Thomas and Virginia Madsen *

Linda (Sesame Street) Linda, portrayed by Linda Bove, was a character on the children's program ''Sesame Street''. Bove, who is deaf, appeared on ''Sesame Street'' with the National Theater of the Deaf and made her debut on the show in Episode 0243, which aired in Apri ...

, a character appearing in Sesame Street * ''Linda'' (TV series), a Hungarian action adventure series * "Linda", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book '' Seventh Heaven''

Other uses

Tropical Storm Linda The name Linda has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide. In the Eastern Pacific: *Tropical Storm Linda (1985) – Minimal tropical storm that crossed into the Central Pacific as a tropical depression. *Hurricane Linda (1991) – Catego ...

, various hurricanes, cyclones and storms * ''Linda'' (magazine), a Dutch magazine * ''Linda'' (Estonian magazine) (1887–1905), a feminist literary magazine in Estonia * ''Linda'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae *

Linda (coordination language) In computer science, Linda is a coordination model that aids communication in parallel computing environments. Developed by David Gelernter, it is meant to be used alongside a full-fledged computation language like Fortran or C where Linda's ro ...

, a programming language *

La Linda International Bridge La Linda International Bridge (also known as the Gerstaker Bridge, Hallie Stillwell Memorial Bridge, Big Bend Crossing Bridge, Puente La Linda, and Heath Crossing is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande, Rio Grande (Río Bravo del N ...

, across the Rio Grande between the U.S. and Mexico

As a name

Places

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