Durness

D2U1R1N1E1S1S1

proper noun

A coastal village in north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC4067).

OriginScottish Gaelic Diùranais ← Old Norse dýr →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A coastal village in north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC4067).

Origin

  1. Old Norsedýr“deer, wild animal”
  2. Scottish GaelicDiùranais
  3. EnglishDurness

From Scottish Gaelic Diùranais, further etymology uncertain; possibly dòrainn nis (“tempest point”), dhu (see dubh) thír nis (“point of the black land”), or a borrowing from Old Norse dýr (“deer, wild animal”). More at Durness.

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APA

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Chicago

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