noun

• An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English, from Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).
• A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
• A village in Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
• A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
• A town in New York, and a village within the town; named for poet John Dryden.
• An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
• An unincorporated community in Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
• A census-designated place in Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.
• An unincorporated community in Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.