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Dumfries

/dʊmˈfɹiːs

Dumfries proper noun: a town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).

Proper noun

Dumfries

  1. A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).
  2. A community and parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.

Origin of Dumfries

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phris (“Fort of the Thicket”), from dùn (“fortress”) + *phris, lenited genitive of preas (“thicket”).

Words formed from Dumfries

Questions about Dumfries

What does Dumfries mean?
Dumfries means a town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).
What part of speech is Dumfries?
Dumfries is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dumfries?
Dumfries is pronounced /dʊmˈfɹiːs.

Words near Dumfries in the dictionary

  1. dumfoundering
  2. dumfounderment
  3. dumfounders
  4. dumfounding
  5. dumfounds
  6. Dumfries
  7. Dumfries and Galloway
  8. Dumfriesshire
  9. dumfungled
  10. Dumgoyne
  11. Dumi

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