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Dunn

//dʌn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable

    "In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer."

  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Benton County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Harnett County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Dane County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Donn”), a byname from donn (“brown, brown-haired”).

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