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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A place name:; A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A place name:; A community in the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A place name:; A village and civil parish south-west of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5846). countable, uncountable

Etymology

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.