Lincoln

The now widespread name, Lincoln originated in a city in eastern England. Its name is a contraction of the Latin Lindum Colonia, which was the name of a colony for veteran Roman soldiers. When the English counties (they were then called shires) were established in around the eleventh century, Lincoln became the principal town of Lincolnshire.

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England - Counties - Eleventh century - Lincolnshire

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Lincoln?s name was later taken as a surname. The most widely known person with the surname Lincoln was Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States of America. Various municipalities in the Commonwealth of Nations are named in honor of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, and a plethora of municipalities, geographic features, institutions, and public infrastructures in the United States are named primarily in honor of the former U.S. president.

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Surname - Abraham Lincoln - President - United States of America - Commonwealth of Nations

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