English Explanatory Dictionary

Dufferin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in Canada:
  2. A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.
  3. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin) in southern Manitoba.
  4. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
  5. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190) in south-central Saskatchewan.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/

Word forms

Dufferin

Etymology

The New Brunswick parish is named after British politician Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902), as is the rural municipality in Manitoba, and probably the other places in Canada.

Derived words

Dufferin County
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