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English word origin

Etymology of Dove

* As an English surname, from the noun dove. * As a Scottish surname, calque of Scottish Gaelic (mac) Calmáin (“(son of the) dove”). Compare Coleman. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Duff. * As a north German sur

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A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. · A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney. · An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States. · A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.

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* As an English surname, from the noun dove. * As a Scottish surname, calque of Scottish Gaelic (mac) Calmáin (“(son of the) dove”). Compare Coleman. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Duff. * As a north German surname, from the Low German adjective doof (“deaf”); see deaf.

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  • Calque mentioncalmangd · (son of the) dove

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