Dumfries

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Dumfries

/dʊmˈfɹiːs
-ˈfɹiːz/

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From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phris (“Fort of the Thicket”), from dùn (“fortress”) + *phris, lenited genitive of preas (“thicket”).

proper noun

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).
A community and parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
A town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.

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Closest in meaning: shire, castle douglas, dunscore, georgetown, crossford, langholm, stranraer, stepford, heck, new galloway, lockerbie, auldgirth, newbridge, dunragit, bankend, creetown

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@misc{dumfries_2026,
  title = {Dumfries},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumfries},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}