Etymology

Dunbar

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Today it means: A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778). Full definition →

Cumbric *dyn
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The story

  1. Cumbric · derived from*dyn“fort”
  2. English todayDunbar

Historically Dynbaer. From Cumbric *dyn (“fort”) + *barr (“hill-crest, summit, top”).

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