Dunmore

D2U1N1M3O1R1E1

proper noun

A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).

OriginScottish Gaelic dùn →
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Meanings

proper nounDunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

plural Dunmores · alternative Dunmire

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).
    2. countableuncountableA town in County Galway, Ireland.
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
    5. countableuncountableA borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicdùn“fortress, fort, stronghold”
  2. EnglishDunmore

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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