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Linden

Linden is one of three English names for a genus of trees, Tilia, also known as lime and basswood.

Linden is also widely used as a place name, very often being a place where linden trees grow:

• Linden, New South Wales, a village in the Blue Mountains, Australia
• Linden, Belgium, a town in the municipality of Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant
• Linden, Alberta, Canada
• Linden, Nova Scotia, Canada
• in Germany:
  • Linden, Hesse, a town in the district of Gießen, Hesse
  • Linden, Kaiserslautern, a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Linden, Westerwaldkreis, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Linden, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Linden, a district of Hanover
• Linden, Guyana
• Linden, Netherlands
• Linden, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Linden, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Bern
• In the United States of America:
  • Linden, Alabama
  • Linden, Arizona
  • Linden, California
  • Linden, Indiana
  • Linden, Iowa
  • Linden, Michigan
  • Linden, New Jersey
  • Linden, North Carolina
  • Linden, Columbus, Ohio
  • Linden, Tennessee
  • Linden, Texas
  • Linden, Virginia
  • Linden, Wisconsin

Other uses

• Linden (CTA), a rapid transit station in Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.A
• Linden Recordings, a record label
• Linden Lab, creators of Second Life
• Trevor Linden, retired Canadian ice hockey player
• Hal Linden, U.S. actor
• Maarten van der Linden, Dutch rower
• Linden J., Estancia basketball player

See also

• Lynden, Washington
• Lindon, Utah
• Unter den Linden (literally, "Under the Linden Trees"), a famous boulevard in Berlin