duncan
/ˈdʌŋkən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
Countable; Uncountable
name
An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Ó Donnchadha (whence Donoghue).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A locality in Kangaroo Island council area, South Australia; named for politician John Duncan.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "For them the gracious Duncan I have murder'd"
- ""Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things asteer again, - - -"
- "His full name is Benji Duncan Geoffrey Rigby-Monk. 'You're joking,' Kit said, when I first told him. Benji? Not even Benjamin?' ''Duncan and Geoffrey are his two granddads'names ― both unglamorous and old-dufferish, in Kit's view, and not worth inflicting on a new generation ― and Rigby-Monk is a fusion of Fran's surname and Anton's."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdʌŋkən/
- British English: /ˈdʌŋkən/