English Explanatory Dictionary

Dingwall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A town and royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5558).
  3. A coastal community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
  5. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Dingwall Dingwalls

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse þing (“assembly”) + vǫllr (“field, meadow”).

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