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Dundas

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The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

proper noun Dundases

  1. countable A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. countable, uncountable A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
  7. countable, uncountable A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
  8. countable, uncountable A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
  9. countable, uncountable A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
  10. countable, uncountable An abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
  11. countable, uncountable A local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.

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@misc{dundas_2026,
  title = {Dundas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dundas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}