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dunbar

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/dʌnˈbɑː(ɹ)/ (UK)

Definition of dunbar

14 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A 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.”
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  1. (countable, uncountable)A 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.”
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  14. (countable, uncountable)A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Etymology

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

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