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A nowadays far flung title, Lincoln originated withwithin the city in eastern England. Its title occurs as contraction of the Latin Lindum Colonia, which was the title of a colony for seasoned Roman soldiers. Whenever a English counties (they were so known as shires) were established within as much as a eleventh century, Lincoln became the main town of Lincolnshire.

Lincoln’s title was late taken as a surname. A virtually all widely known human sustaining a cognomen Lincoln was Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States of America. Various municipalities in the Commonwealth of Nations come known as withwithin honor of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, & the overplus of municipalities, geographic features, institutions, & public infrastructures in the United States are named primarily in honor of the previous U.S. president.

People
Aaron of Lincoln 12th century creditor of King Henry II Abraham Lincoln was the Sixteenth President of the United States Blanche Lincoln is an Arkansas senator. Robert Todd Lincoln — son of Abraham Lincoln, and United States Secretary of War Saint Hugh of Lincoln Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln

Municipalities
In Australia
Port Lincoln, South Australia in Australia

In Canada
Lincoln, Ontario in Canada Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln, a previous federal electoral district

In the United Kingdom
Lincoln, county town of Lincolnshire: the original place known as "Lincoln"

In New Zealand
Lincoln, New Zealand

In the United States
Named Lincoln
Lincoln, Alabama Lincoln, Arkansas Lincoln, California Lincoln, Sussex County, Delaware Lincoln, Illinois Lincoln, Iowa Lincoln, Maine Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln, Michigan Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln, Montana Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital of Nebraska Lincoln, New Hampshire Lincoln, New York Lincoln, North Dakota Lincoln, Pennsylvania Lincoln, Rhode Island Lincoln, Vermont Lincoln, Loudoun County, Virginia Lincoln, Wisconsin (12) Lincoln, a proposed U.S. state, to be named in honor of President Lincoln, would have merged the Idaho Panhandle and Eastern Washington in 1901.

With Lincoln in the name
Lincoln Center, Kansas Lincoln City, Indiana Lincoln City, Oregon Lincoln Heights, Ohio many Lincoln Parks Lincoln Township, Michigan (8) Lincoln Township, Minnesota (2) Lincoln Township, Pennsylvania (3) Lincoln Village, Ohio Lincoln County is the name of counties in 24 U.S. states (called Lincoln Parish in Louisiana)

Geographic features
5 mountains in the United States called Mount Lincoln

Educational institutions
Lincoln College, constituent college of the University of Oxford Lincoln College, a Further Education college in Lincolnshire, England Lincoln University (California) Lincoln University (Missouri) Lincoln University (New Zealand) Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) University of Lincoln (England)

Buildings and roads
Lincoln Highway MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Castle Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Lincoln Tunnel

Culture
Lincoln Records, a record label from the 1920s, prominently featuring President Lincoln's image around its logotype. Lincoln, an album by the band They Might Be Giants, named within honor of Lincoln, Massachusetts. Lincoln is a title of 3 separate TV software download just about the U.S. president, depicted by Hal Holbrook (1975) Sam Waterston (1988) Jason Robards (1992) Lincoln occurs as slang term for the United States five dollar bill, which bears the President's image in its obverse Lincoln Imp, a reputed evil fairy petrified in the Lincoln Cathedral

Ships

Four Royal Navy warships HMS Lincoln of the 18th century. HMS Lincoln, at some time also HNMS Lincoln and HMCS Lincoln - a Destroyers For Bases Agreement destroyer. HMS Lincoln HMS Lincoln City Two U.S. Navy ships, USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) - a submarine USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) - an aircraft carrier

Miscellanea
Lincoln — luxury automobile section of the Ford Motor Company (named inside honor of United States President Abraham Lincoln) Lincoln, a breed of sheep originally bred in Lincolnshire, England Lincoln red cattle a breed of cattle originally bred in Lincolnshire, England

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