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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A habitational surname from Norman. countable
2. 2
   A placename, from the surname:; A township in Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada, named after James Bonfield. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A placename, from the surname:; A village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States, named after Thomas Bonfield. countable, uncountable

Etymology

English and Irish habitational surname of Norman origin, from an altered form of any of three places in France called Bonneville.

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