English Explanatory Dictionary

Dunfermline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
  2. A former local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
  3. A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.

Pronunciation

/dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/

Word forms

Dunfermline

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

Related words

Dunfaurlin

Translations

Armenian: Դանֆերմլին Belarusian: Данфе́рмлін Bulgarian: Дънфъ́рмлин Chinese Mandarin: 鄧弗姆林 /邓弗姆林 Irish: Dún Phárlain Japanese: ダンファームリン Kazakh: Данфермлин Korean: 던펌린 Lithuanian: Danfermlinas Marathi: डनफर्मलिन Russian: Данфе́рмлин Scots: Dunfaurlin Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain Tatar: Данфермлин Thai: ดันเฟิร์มลิน Ukrainian: Данфе́рмлін
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