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Dunsmuir

Dunsmuir proper noun: a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Dunsmuir

  1. A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  2. A habitational surname from Scots.

Origin of Dunsmuir

From Old English personal name *Dynn, genitive case *Dynnes + Scots muir (“moor”). Alternatively from either: # Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fort, fortress”) + muir (“sea, ocean”), 'the fort by the sea'. # Old Welsh Din Maur (“great fort”). The collative s in the proposed Celtic sources could come via Scots on analogy with words such as Dunsmore or Dunston, in which cases the -s is a remnant of a genitive case ending. The town in California is named after San Francisco businessman Alexander Dunsmuir.

Questions about Dunsmuir

What does Dunsmuir mean?
Dunsmuir means a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Dunsmuir?
Dunsmuir is a proper noun.

Words near Dunsmuir in the dictionary

  1. dunsiekte
  2. Dunsley
  3. Dunsmoor
  4. Dunsmore
  5. Dunsmores
  6. Dunsmuir
  7. Dunson
  8. Dunsons
  9. Dunsop
  10. Dunsop Bridge
  11. Dunstable

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