linville
linville Lexical Profile
• noun
American A small resort community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, situated near Grandfather Mountain.
American A river in western North Carolina that flows through the rugged terrain of the Linville Gorge, an area often referred to as the 'Grand Canyon of the East'.
An English surname, most notably belonging to the explorers whose names were later given to prominent geographical features in the Appalachian Mountains.
"While researching her ancestry, she discovered that the Linville family had migrated to the American colonies in the early eighteenth century."
Word Origin & Etymology
Of English origin, generally serving as a locational surname. In the United States, several notable geographic features in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, including Linville Gorge and Linville Falls, are named after William Linville and his son, explorers who were killed there in 1766.
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