Linz

American  

[lints] / lɪnts /

noun

1. a port in N Austria, on the Danube River.

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Linz ¹ British  

/ lɪnts /

noun

1. Latin name: Lentia.  a port in N Austria, capital of Upper Austria, on the River Danube: cultural centre; steelworks. Pop: 183 504 (2001)

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Linz ² British  

/ lɪnz /

acronym

1. Land Information New Zealand; the official body responsible for land registration, mapping, and surveying in New Zealand

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Example Sentences

Raducanu last played a match in Indian Wells on 8 March, and has since missed the Miami Open and clay-court events in Linz and Madrid because of her post-viral symptoms.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

But you’d have to travel, most recently to Austria’s Schlossmuseum Linz or the Gustav-Lübcke-Museum in Hamm, Germany, to get a substantive overview of the enormous and exceptional work of art.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

After leading two weeks of programs there, he took the orchestra to Vienna and Linz for their 21st international tour together, then had a second operation on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

It is "quite obvious that a dismissal will be announced", Alois Birklbauer, professor of criminal law at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, told ORF.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

They say he intends to remake the Austrian town of Linz into an empyrean city, the cultural capital of the world.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr