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Dùn Dè
English name: Dundee · Dundee City
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
often read as “good fort”, from dùn “fort”; the second part is disputed and may be the personal name Daig
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Dùn Phàrlain · DunfermlineDùn Breatann · DumbartonDùn Phris · DumfriesFìobha · FifePeairt · PerthCair Chaladain · Kirkcaldy
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some explanations draw on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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