Lina

In English, "Lina" is a shortened form of Angelina, Evangelina, or Carolina.

Lina is a common female name in Sweden, especially among those born after 1980. It was initially used as a shortened form of names such as Carolina, Nikolina, Adelina and Evelina but eventually became a name in its own right. Since -lina is a diminutive suffix, it has no meaning of its own in Swedish.

Lina (لينا) is also a female name used in Arabic. Its main meaning is 'tender' or 'tenderness'. It also refers to a small young palm tree in Arabic.

The name Lina also has roots in China, France and Greece. In China, it means 'pretty' and 'elegant'.

Lina is the name of the maid in Astrid Lindgren's stories of Emil i Lönneberga (Emil of Maple Hill).

Lina may also refer to:

People

• Lina (singer), a neo-soul recording artist who was born in Denver, Colorado
• Lina Cavalieri (1874 – 1944), an Italian operatic soprano
• Lina Medina, the youngest confirmed mother in medical history
• Lina Pavelcik, an American recording artist born in Slovakia
• Lina Theodorou, a video, Internet, and installation artist
• Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician
• Lina Wertmüller, an Italian film director

Fictional people

• Lina is a heroine from the video game Riviera: The Promised Land
• Lina Inverse, a fictional sorceress from the anime series Slayers
• Lina Mayfleet, main character in the Books of Ember

Other

• 468 Lina, a main belt asteroid that was named after the family housemaid of the discoverer.
• LINA (software), enables users to run applications compiled for Linux under Windows and Mac OS X
• LINA Laboratoire d'Informatique de Nantes Atlantique (Nantes Atlantique Computer Science Laboratory)
• Linas, a common given name among people of Lithuanian descent

See also

• Lina (surname)

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