Dunbar

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UK/dʌnˈbɑː(ɹ)/

proper noun

A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778).

OriginCumbric *dyn →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper nounDunbar (countable and uncountable, plural Dunbars)

plural Dunbars · alternative Dynbaer

  1. countableuncountableA town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778).

    1965 — In reply he sent Wilfrid to his town of Dunbar under the supervision of a sheriff called Tydlin whom he knew to be more cruel. — Eddius Stephanus, Life of Wilfrid, Page 107, 12ᵗʰ century. Translated from Latin by J. F. Webb.

  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Houston County, Georgia.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greencastle Township, Marshall County, Iowa.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Otoe County, Nebraska.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
    7. countableuncountableA borough and township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
    8. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Georgetown County, South Carolina.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marlboro County, South Carolina.
    10. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wise County, Virginia.
    11. countableuncountableA city in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    12. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
  3. countableuncountableA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Origin

  1. Cumbric*dyn“fort”
  2. EnglishDunbar

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Dunbar

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Dunbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dunbar

MLA

“Dunbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dunbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dunbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dunbar.

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