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Dryden
//ˈdɹaɪdən// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
- 2 A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
- 3 A number of places in the United States.; A township in Lapeer County, Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
- 4 A number of places in the United States.; A village in Lapeer County, Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
- 5 A number of places in the United States.; A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
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- 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."
- 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.
- 8 A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Josephine County, Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
- 9 A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Terrell County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
- 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.
- 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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