# Linares

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /lɪˈnɑːɹɛs/ · frequency rank #79,709

## Definitions
1. A city in Spain.
2. A city in Chile.
3. A province of Chile around the city.
4. A surname from Spanish.

## Etymology
From Spanish Linares, from linares (“flax fields”). For places outside Spain, derived from Spanish cities or from Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles. As a surname mostly found in Venezuela, variously derived from all these sources.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/linares