Lincoln

[ ling-kuh n ]

/ ˈlɪŋ kən /

noun

AbbeyAnna Marie Gaby WooldridgeAminata Moseka,born 1930, U.S. jazz singer, activist, and actress.

Abraham,AbeHonest Abe,1809–65, 16th president of the U.S. 1861–65.

Benjamin,1733–1810, American Revolutionary general.

Mary Todd,1818–82, U.S. First Lady 1861–65 (wife of Abraham Lincoln).

a city in and the capital of Nebraska, in the SE part.

a city in Lincolnshire, in E central England.

a town in N Rhode Island.

a city in central Illinois.

a town in S Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario.

Lincolnshire.

Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,286 feet (4357 meters).

one of an English breed of large mutton sheep noted for their heavy fleece of coarse, long wool.

a male given name.

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Nebraska

[ nuh-bras-kuh ]

/ nəˈbræs kə /

noun

a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.

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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.

Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America |John Avlon |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
We tend to think not, but the rise of King, Kennedy, and Lincoln was unlikely, too.

No Gods, No Cops, No Masters |James Poulos |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Lincoln Davis and John Barrow and Larry Kissell and Travis Childers and on and on it went.

Southern Dems Won’t Rise Again |Ben Jacobs |December 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during Emancipation.

Why We Can’t Quit Calling Presidents ‘Kings’ |Kevin Bleyer |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He later drove two Lincoln Continentals into his lake with little in the way of explanation.

Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer |Marlow Stern |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Here, then, is the position of Mr. Lincoln set forth with deliberation and care.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) |George Washington Williams
Mr. Lincoln discard his logical faculties and reason with his heart?

Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? |John B. Remsburg
In these debates Lincoln often seemed like one transfigured—carried away by his own eloquence and the force of his conviction.

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln |Francis Fisher Browne
At his urgent invitation Lincoln visited him in the summer of 1841.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 |Various
About this time Lincoln began to extend somewhat his system—if he really ever had a system in anything—of reading.'

Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) |William H. Herndon

British Dictionary definitions for lincoln (1 of 3)

Lincoln ¹

/ (ˈlɪŋkən) /

noun

a city in E central England, administrative centre of Lincolnshire: an important ecclesiastical and commercial centre in the Middle Ages; Roman ruins, a castle (founded by William the Conqueror) and a famous cathedral (begun in 1086). Pop: 85 963 (2001) Latin name: Lindum (ˈlɪndəm)

a city in SE Nebraska: state capital; University of Nebraska (1869). Pop: 235 594 (2003 est)

short for Lincolnshire

a breed of long-woolled sheep, originally from Lincolnshire

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Lincoln ²

/ (ˈlɪŋkən) /

noun

Abraham. 1809–65, US Republican statesman; 16th president of the US. His fame rests on his success in saving the Union in the Civil War (1861–65) and on his emancipation of slaves (1863); assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

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Nebraska

/ (nɪˈbræskə) /

noun

a state of the western US: consists of an undulating plain. Capital: Lincoln. Pop: 1 739 291 (2003 est). Area: 197 974 sq km (76 483 sq miles) Abbreviation: Nebr., (with zip code) NE

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Nebraska

State in the midwestern United States bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the south, and Colorado and Wyoming to the west. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha.

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