Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A river in Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, which flows into the River Kennet. · A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, England, which flows into the River Test. · An alternative name for the River Don in Yorkshire, England. · A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, alternatively named the Glendun River.
* As a Scottish surname, from the placename Dun, Angus, itself probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress”). * As an English surname, variant of Dunn. * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective dun (“thin”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of surname 頓 /顿 meaning "pause" or 敦 meaning "sincere."
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- Derivation mentiondùngd · fortress
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