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LINCOLN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LING-kən   [key]

From a surname which was originally from the name of a city in England, derived from Welsh llyn "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This name is usually given in honour of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.
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