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Lina

Lina

See also: lina, lína, liña, and Līna

English

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name, occasionally used in English.
    • 1849 Charlotte Brontë: Shirley: Chapter XII:
      "Lina - did not Moore call you Lina sometimes?"
      "Yes: it is sometimes used as the abbreviation of Caroline in his native country."

Anagrams


Danish

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name, a less common variant of Line.

Faroese

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Lina: Linuson
  • daughter of Lina: Linudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Lina
Accusative Linu
Dative Linu
Genitive Linu

German

Etymology

Short form of Karolina and other names ending in -lina, used as a formal given name since the 19th century.

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name.

Italian

Proper noun

Lina f

  1. (informal) Synonym of Carmela

Norman

Proper noun

Lina f

  1. A female given name.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name, a less common variant of Line.

Swedish

Proper noun

Lina

  1. A female given name derived from Karolina, Evelina, Paulina, or from Linus.

lina

lina

See also: Lina, lína, liña, and Līna

Latin

Noun

līna

  1. nominative plural of līnum
  2. accusative plural of līnum
  3. vocative plural of līnum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lina f

  1. definite singular of line

Old High German

Etymology

From the Old High German noun līn

Noun

līna f

  1. a line, a yarn (originally made of flax)

Descendants


Polish

Lina

Pronunciation

Noun

lina f

  1. line, rope, cord, string

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lína, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (line, rope, flaxen cord, thread), from *līną (flax), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (flax).

Pronunciation

Noun

lina c

  1. a wire, a rope, a line

Declension

Inflection of lina 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lina linan linor linorna
Genitive linas linans linors linornas