Dryden

//ˈdɹaɪdən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States.; A township in Lapeer County, Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States.; A village in Lapeer County, Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States.; A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States.; A town in Tompkins County, New York; named for poet John Dryden.

    "On Nov. 7, Keem was arrested on a court warrant in the Town of Dryden by members of the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office and Cortland County Sheriff’s Office."

  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States.; A town in Tompkins County, New York; named for poet John Dryden.; A village in Dryden, New York.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Josephine County, Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Terrell County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lee County, Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.

Etymology

From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).

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