Linden

Linden is one of three English names for the tree genus Tilia (also known as lime and basswood). Several of the common names for species within the Tilia genus have Linden in their names. They include:

• American Linden, a common name for Tilia americana
• Large-leaved Linden, a common name for Tilia platyphyllos
• Little-leaf Linden, a common name for Tilia cordata
• Silver Linden, a common name for Tilia tomentosa

Other trees include:

• The Viburnum Linden common name for Viburnum dilatatum.
• Linden Oak, a white oak in Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Linden may also refer to:

Places

Linden is widely used as a place name, very often being a place where linden trees grow:

in Australia

• Linden, New South Wales, a village in the Blue Mountains
  • Linden railway station, New South Wales
• Linden, Western Australia, a ghost town in the goldfields of Western Australia

In Belgium

• Linden, Belgium, a town in the municipality of Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant

In Canada

• Linden, Alberta
• Linden, Nova Scotia

In England

• Linden Hall, a listed hotel in Northumberland

In Germany

• Bochum-Linden, a district of the city of Bochum
• Fohren-Linden, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate
• Linden, Hessen, a town in the district of Gießen, Hessen
• Linden, Kaiserslautern, a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Linden, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein
• Linden, Westerwaldkreis, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Linden-Limmer, a district of Hanover
• Märkisch Linden, a municipality in Brandenburg
• Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a common name for the Berlin State Opera
• Unter den Linden (literally, "Under the Linden Trees"), a famous boulevard in Berlin

In Guyana

• Linden, Guyana
• Soesdyke-Linden Highway

In the Netherlands;

• Linden, Netherlands

In New Zealand

• Linden Railway Station

In South Africa

• Linden, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg

In Switzerland

• Linden, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Bern

In the United States

• Linden, Alabama
• Linden, Arizona
• Linden, California
• Linden (CTA), rapid transit station in Wilmette, Illinois
• Linden, Indiana
  • Linden Depot, railroad station museum in Indiana
• Linden, Iowa
• Linden Square, historic place in Brookline, Massachusetts
• Linden, Michigan
• Lake Linden, Michigan
• Linden (Glen Allan, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Washington County, Mississippi
• Linden (Natchez, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Adams County, Mississippi
• Linden, New Jersey
  • Linden Airport, small general aviation airport
  • Linden Assembly, former factory site
  • Linden Circle, a traffic circle
  • Linden (NJT station), commuter rail station
• Linden Boulevard, in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, New York
• Linden, North Carolina
• Linden, Columbus, Ohio
• Linden, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
• Linden Place, an historic house museum in Bristol, Rhode Island
• Linden, Tennessee
• Linden, Texas
• Linden, Virginia
• Linden (Champlain, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Essex County, Virginia
• Linden, West Virginia
• Linden, Wisconsin

Ships

• USS Linden (1860), American naval vessel
• ST Linden, Kenyan tugboat

People

• Linden (surname)
• Linden (given name)

Other uses

• Linden Lab, creators of Second Life

See also

• The Lindens (disambiguation)
• Linden House (disambiguation)
• Linden High School (disambiguation)
• Linden Park (disambiguation), several places
• Lynden (disambiguation)
• Lindon (disambiguation)
• Lyndon (disambiguation)