Dùn Phàrlain

English name: Dunfermline · Fife

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

the first part is dùn “fort”; the rest is of uncertain origin

The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.

Broken down

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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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