Dundas

D2U1N1D2A1S1

proper noun

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Meanings

proper nounDundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)

plural Dundases

  1. countableA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
    2. countableuncountableA city in Rice County, Minnesota.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
    6. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
    7. countableuncountableA rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
    8. countableuncountableA historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
    9. countableuncountableAn abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
    10. countableuncountableA local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.

Origin

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.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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