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Dunne

/dʌn/

Dunne proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Dunne (plural Dunnes)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Dunne

pluralDunnes

Origin of Dunne

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

Questions about Dunne

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

Words near Dunne in the dictionary

  1. dunnarts
  2. Dunnavant
  3. Dunnavants
  4. Dunnaway
  5. Dunnaways
  6. Dunne
  7. Dunne-za
  8. dunned
  9. dunnekin
  10. dunnekins
  11. Dunnell

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