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dumfries

/dʊmˈfɹiːs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
dum-fries
IPA
/dʊmˈfɹiːs
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).

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Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Dumfriesshire

Phrases

Dumfries and Galloway North Dumfries

Questions

How do you pronounce dumfries?
The recorded pronunciation is /dʊmˈfɹiːs.
What does dumfries mean?
A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NX9776).
Where does dumfries come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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