Etymology

Dunmore

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Today it means: A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic dùn
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromdùn“fortress, fort, stronghold”
  2. English todayDunmore

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicdùn all →

dunDowneyDunsmuirDunnett

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.