Dunbar
name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778). countable, uncountable
"1965 — In reply he sent Wilfrid to his town of Dunbar under the supervision of a sheriff called Tydlin whom he knew to be more cruel. — Eddius Stephanus, Life of Wilfrid, Page 107, 12ᵗʰ century. Translated from Latin by J. F. Webb."
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Houston County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Otoe County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kanawha County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place in Marinette County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 10 A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Lady Stair, a woman accustomed to universal submission, for even her husband did not dare to contradict her, treated this objection as a trifle, and insisted upon her daughter yielding her consent to marry the new suitor, David Dunbar, son and heir to David Dunbar of Baldoon, in Wigtonshire."
Etymology
Historically Dynbaer. From Cumbric *dyn (“fort”) + *barr (“hill-crest, summit, top”).
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