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Scottish Gaelic place-name element
dùn
dùn means “fort, fortress”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Dun- (Dunfermline)
- Dum- (Dumfries)
Place names with dùn
- Dùn Dè · Dundee · Dundee Cityoften read as “good fort”, from dùn “fort”; the second part is disputed and may be the personal name Daig
- Dùn Phàrlain · Dunfermline · Fifethe first part is dùn “fort”; the rest is of uncertain origin
- Dùn Phris · Dumfries · Dumfries and Galloway“fort of the thicket”
- Dùn Breatann · Dumbarton · West Dunbartonshire“fort of the Britons”
Other Scottish Gaelic elements
baile · village, townbàn · white, pale, faircàrn · cairnceann · head, endeaglais · churchgleann · glen, valleyinbhir · mouth of a river, estuarylios · garden; enclosure; fortified placeloch · lake, lochmòr · big, large, greatmuileann · millport · port, harbourruadh · redsròn · nose; promontory, pointtobar · well, spring
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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