Lindau

English

Proper noun

Lindau

1. A town and rural district of Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, on Lake Constance.

Translations

Town

• German: Lindau (de)

Anagrams

• dualin, unlaid

German

Etymology

Originally a compound, of which the second element is Old High German ouwa (“island”) and the first is either Old High German linta (“linden tree”) or Proto-Celtic *lindom (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪndaʊ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Lin‧dau

Proper noun

Lindau n (proper noun, genitive Lindaus or (optionally with an article) Lindau)

1. A town and rural district of Swabia, Bavaria. Official name: Lindau (Bodensee)
2. A municipality of Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-Holstein
3. A municipality of Pfäffikon district, Zürich canton, Switzerland
4. An island in Lake Constance

Derived terms

• Lindauer

Related terms

• Lind, Linde, Lindemann, Lindenberg, Lindenbach
• Adenau, Burgau, Felsenau, Meinau, Reichenau, Schongau, Schwartau, Schwarzenau, Weisenau

Lindau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lindaus or (with an article) Lindau, feminine genitive Lindau, plural Lindaus)

1. a surname transferred from the place name