リンカーン
解説 Definition
Lincoln は英語圏の地名として使われる固有名詞で、イギリスやアメリカなどに Lincoln という都市があります。地名として使うときは、通常 Lincoln のように大文字で始めます。
Lincoln is the proper name of a historic city in England and of several places elsewhere, particularly in the United States. As a place name, it is capitalized and can follow verbs such as visit or prepositions such as in and to.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
地名の Lincoln は必ず頭文字を大文字にし、「visit Lincoln」「the train to Lincoln」のように前置詞の後へ置く。古い都市名 Lindum Colonia の「湖」と「植民地」という二要素を手掛かりに、英国の大聖堂都市を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。
Remember Lincoln here specifically as a place name, so write it with a capital L. Picture a traveler visiting Lincoln, seeing its old cathedral, or taking a train to the city; these common sentence patterns fix its geographical use. Its historical name, Lindum Colonia, combines ideas associated with a pool or lake and a Roman colony. That makes “a Roman settlement by water” a useful factual memory image. Lincoln can also be a surname or given name, but the examples here all point to a city.
例文
We visited Lincoln in spring.
私たちは春にリンカーンを訪れました。
Lincoln has an old cathedral.
リンカーンには古い大聖堂があります。
The train to Lincoln leaves at nine.
リンカーン行きの列車は9時に出発します。
lincoln の類義語・関連語
lincoln の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古ケルト語 lindon(湖・池)とラテン語 colonia(植民地)の合成が語源。ローマ時代の英国の都市名 Lindum Colonia に由来し「湖のほとりの植民地」の意。関連語は colony(植民地)。地名が姓となり人名として定着した。
The English place name Lincoln developed from Latin Lindum Colonia, the Roman name of the settlement. Lindum reflects an earlier Brittonic word associated with a pool or lake, while Latin colonia meant a colony or settlement of Roman citizens. Through regular sound and spelling changes in English, the two elements contracted into Lincoln. The place name later also became established as a surname and personal name.
同じレベルの語彙をもっと
外部辞書で調べる
この英単語をクイズで覚えよう