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# lincoln

«lincoln» in Mova's school dictionary: **Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Lincoln; a proper noun — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the American Civil War and worked to end slavery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#m1)

2) A city in the east of England, famous for its cathedral and castle; also the capital of Nebraska in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#m2)

3) A surname and a first name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#m3)

4) Lincoln green is a deep green colour, named after the city of Lincoln. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons Abraham Lincoln is known for ending slavery in the USA, for the Gettysburg Address and for being honest («Honest Abe»); his face is on the US five-dollar bill and the penny. In geography, Lincoln is a city in England and in Nebraska. «Lincoln Memorial» is a famous monument in Washington, D.C.

### examples

- Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x1)
- Lincoln's face is on the American penny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x2)
- We visited the cathedral in Lincoln. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x3)
- Lincoln gave a famous speech at Gettysburg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x4)
- Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x5)
- People called him «Honest Abe» Lincoln. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x6)
- My cousin's name is Lincoln. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x7)
- So they made a cloak of Lincoln green, with a hood to it, and put it by the hearth and watched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/#x8)

### note

A name always has a capital letter: Lincoln. The second «l» is silent: say «LINK-un». Lincoln was president during the American Civil War and was killed soon after it ended.

### In the corpora

- [Abraham Lincoln, a US president, died in 1865, long before computers and the internet existed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages/10/)
- [A score is 20 in old English, so "four score and seven" (Lincoln, 1863) is 87.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts/14/)
- [Lincoln Cathedral in England was probably the tallest building in the world for about 200 years, until its spire fell in 1548.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lincoln» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.