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Dunn

UK/dʌn/US/dʌn/

Dunn proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Dunn (countable and uncountable, plural Dunns)

  1. A surname from Irish.
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  2. A ghost town in Benton County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  4. A city in Harnett County, North Carolina.
  5. An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
  6. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  7. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Forms of Dunn

pluralDunns
alternative formDoyne
alternative formDunne

Origin of Dunn

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

Words formed from Dunn

Phrases with Dunn

Words that rhyme with Dunn

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Questions about Dunn

What does Dunn mean?
Dunn means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Dunn?
Dunn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dunn?
Dunn is pronounced /dʌn/ (UK).

Words near Dunn in the dictionary

  1. Dunmores
  2. Dunmow
  3. Dunmow flitch
  4. Dunmow flitches
  5. Dunmurry
  6. Dunn
  7. Dunn County
  8. dunna
  9. Dunnagan
  10. Dunnagans
  11. dunnage

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