Lindau
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Lindau
- A town and rural district of Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, on Lake Constance.
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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”).
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Lindau n (proper noun, genitive Lindaus or (optionally with an article) Lindau)
- A town and rural district of Swabia, Bavaria. Official name: Lindau (Bodensee)
- A municipality of Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-Holstein
- A municipality of Pfäffikon district, Zürich canton, Switzerland
- An island in Lake Constance
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- 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)
- a surname transferred from the place name