Lina 2294018 211346667 2008-05-09T21:59:00Z 217.211.208.141 In English, "Lina" is a shortened form of [[Angelina]] 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 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. 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: *[[Lina (singer)]], a neo-soul recording artist who was born in Denver, Colorado *[[Lina Cavalieri]] (1874 – 1944), an Italian operatic soprano *[[Lina Theodorou]], a video, Internet, and installation artist *[[Lina Wertmüller]], an Italian film director *[[Lina Medina]], the youngest confirmed mother in medical history *[[468 Lina]], a [[main belt]] [[asteroid]] that was named after the family housemaid of the discoverer. *Lina is a heroine from the video game [[Riviera: The Promised Land]] *[[Lina Inverse]], a fictional sorceress from the anime series ''Slayers'' *[[LINA (software)]], enables users to run applications compiled for Linux under Windows and Mac OS X *[[Linas]], a common given name among people of Lithuanian descent ==See also== * [[Lina (surname)]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Italian given names]] [[ko:리나]] [[hu:Lina]] [[pl:Lina (ujednoznacznienie)]]