dane
IPA: dˈeɪn
Root Word: Dane
noun
- A person of Danish descent.
- A person from Denmark.
- (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
- A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
- A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
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