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Scottish Gaelic · Gàidhlig

Dùn Breatann

English name: Dumbarton · West Dunbartonshire

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“fort of the Britons”

Broken down

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Nearby & related:

Dùn Phàrlain · Dunfermline Dùn Dè · Dundee Dùn Phris · Dumfries Rinn Friù · Renfrew Guireag · Gourock Glaschu · Glasgow

Sources

Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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