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Lund

luund
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1
A surname of Scandinavian or German origin, originally referring to someone who lived near a grove or small forest.
"The Lund family emigrated from Norway to Minnesota in the 1890s."
2
A city in Skåne County, southern Sweden, home to Lund University.
"She spent a semester studying abroad in Lund, Sweden."

How to Use Lund

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In plain EnglishA Scandinavian surname and place name meaning roughly "grove" or "small wood."

Word Forms

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Etymology

As a surname, from Old Norse "lundr," meaning "grove."

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