English Explanatory Dictionary

Dundas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A placename:
  3. A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
  9. A number of places in Australia:
  10. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
  11. A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
  12. A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.

Word forms

Dundas Dundases

Etymology

The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

Derived words

dundasite Dundas Valley North Dundas Port Dundas South Dundas United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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