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Dinsdale

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Dinsdale

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From the Old English personal name *Dyttīn + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).

proper noun Dinsdales

  1. countable, uncountable A railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Dinsdale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dinsdale. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Dinsdale. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dinsdale

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@misc{dinsdale_2026,
  title = {Dinsdale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dinsdale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}