dunfermline
/dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
name
A former local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
name
A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.
Example Sentences
- "Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland. Dr. Dobie [William Gowan Dobie, D.M.] was born in the ancient Scotch city of Dunfermline, where his father, William, and grandfather were both damask manufacturers, while his mother, Agnes, was a daughter of James Mathewson, who was one of the pioneer manufacturers of damask."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Dùn Phàrlain
Frequently Paired Words
Dunfaurlin