Dunn

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Dunn

/dʌn/ UK
[dɐn] UK
/dʌn/ US

Sounds like dun, Donn, Donne, done, Dunne · Rhymes with -ʌn

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Donn”), a byname from donn (“brown, brown-haired”).

proper noun Dunns · Doyne · Dunne

countable, uncountable A surname from Irish. In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer.
countable, uncountable A ghost town in Benton County, Indiana.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable A city in Harnett County, North Carolina.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
countable, uncountable A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
countable, uncountable A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dunne, hosford, teng, deng, tang, dan, parliamentary, den, mousy, taupe, fawn, buff, drab, tawny, sepia, sienna

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"Dunn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dunn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

"Dunn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dunn.

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@misc{dunn_2026,
  title = {Dunn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dunn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}