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Dufferin

Syllables: Duf·fe·rin/ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/

Dufferin proper noun: a neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Proper noun

Dufferin

  1. A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.
  2. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin) in southern Manitoba.
  3. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
  4. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190) in south-central Saskatchewan.

Origin of Dufferin

The New Brunswick parish is named after British politician Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902), as is the rural municipality in Manitoba, and probably the other places in Canada.

Words formed from Dufferin

Questions about Dufferin

What does Dufferin mean?
Dufferin means a neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.
What part of speech is Dufferin?
Dufferin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dufferin?
Dufferin is pronounced /ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/.

Words near Dufferin in the dictionary

  1. duffel coats
  2. Duffell
  3. duffels
  4. duffer
  5. dufferdom
  6. Dufferin
  7. Dufferin County
  8. dufferish
  9. dufferism
  10. duffers
  11. duffest

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