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Donkin

Donkin proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Donkin (countable and uncountable, plural Donkins)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A rural village in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Forms of Donkin

pluralDonkins

Origin of Donkin

A variant of Duncan.

Questions about Donkin

What does Donkin mean?
Donkin means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Donkin?
Donkin is a proper noun.

Words near Donkin in the dictionary

  1. donkeys
  2. donkeys' years
  3. donkeyshit
  4. donkeywork
  5. donkies
  6. Donkin
  7. donking
  8. Donkins
  9. Donkor
  10. Donkors
  11. donkra

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