Lin
A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove
Proper noun
- A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove
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A surname from Mandarin
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A surname from Gan
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A surname from Wu
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A surname from Xiang
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Origin
From Chinese: compare Mandarin 林 (lín), Gan 林 (lin⁴), Wu 林, Xiang 林 (lin²). 林 itself is composed of a reduplication of 木 (“wood, tree”). Literally, “forest”.
Forms
Lins Lim Lam Lem Ling Lang Leng Lan Len Nin Rim Im Rin Hayashi
Proper noun Entry 2
- A male or female given name.
- A surname
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Proper noun Entry 3
- A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
- Inspired by the communique of the Second Plenary Session of the Ninth CCP Central Committee and in order to greet the convening of the first provincial congress of activists in the creative study and application of Mao...
- Together with his friend Tang Min, chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, Mao established a micro-credit scheme in Lin County of north China’s Shanxi province eight years ago. - 2002 April 19, Xiao Rong,...
- As mines increasingly became privatized, the profits no longer necessarily came to the villages and a major dispute was triggered in Lin County (Shanxi) in 2008 partly because the population felt they had received no...
Origin
From Mandarin 臨／临 (Lín).