Definitions for Lins

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Lins Lins

Spelling: [leens]

IPA: /lĩs/

Lins is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in Lins (ilns).

Definitions for Lins

noun

1. a city in E Brazil.
2. linn.
3. Maya Ying [mah-yuh ying] /ˈmɑ yə ˈyɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1959, U.S. architect and sculptor.
4. a female given name, form of Caroline or Carolyn.
5. a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
6. a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall.
7. a steep ravine or precipice.

Origin of Lins

before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in ME), and Scots Gaelic linne, cognate with Irish linn, Welsh llyn

Examples for Lins

Immediately a boat rose from the lake, and Lins wife, stepping into it, vanished from sight like a bird on the wing.

There was then a call for Chih-cheng, upon which a young waiting-maid came forward and stood quite close to Mr. Lins head.

These proverbs have always old words in them; Lins is leave off.