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How to spell lincoln

Lincoln is spelled L-I-N-C-O-L-N.

hear itlin·coln/'lɪŋkən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The sixteenth president of the United States.

In a sentence: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: Nebraska, capital, university, campus. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, was originally called Lancaster but was renamed in 1867 after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, when it became the state capital.

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