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Dunfermline

/dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/

Dunfermline proper noun: a city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.

Proper noun

Dunfermline

  1. A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
    • Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland. Dr. Dobie [William Gowan Dobie, D.M.] was born in the ancient Scotch city of Dunfermline...1902, James Miller Guinn, Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth...
  2. A former local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
  3. A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.

Dunfermline meaning in Marathi and Thai

Dunfermline in Marathi

town in Fife
डनफर्मलिन ḍanpharmalin

Dunfermline in Thai

town in Fife
ดันเฟิร์มลิน dan ferm-lin

Origin of Dunfermline

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

Questions about Dunfermline

What does Dunfermline mean?
Dunfermline means a city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
What is Dunfermline in Marathi?
Dunfermline in Marathi is डनफर्मलिन (ḍanpharmalin). See Dunfermline meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Dunfermline?
Dunfermline is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dunfermline?
Dunfermline is pronounced /dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/.

Words near Dunfermline in the dictionary

  1. dunewort
  2. duney
  3. Dunfanaghy
  4. Dunfee
  5. Dunfees
  6. Dunfermline
  7. dunfish
  8. Dunford
  9. Dunford Bridge
  10. Dunfords
  11. dung

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