duncan

IPA: dˈʌŋkʌn

Root Word: Duncan

noun

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
  • A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
  • A surname from Irish, a variant of Dinkin.
  • An Irish surname, a variant of Donegan.
  • An Irish surname, a variant of Dunican.
  • An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Ó Donnchadha (whence Donoghue).
  • A locality in South Australia, Australia; named for politician John Duncan.
  • A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for early settler William Chalmers Duncan.
  • A locale in the United States.
  • A city, the county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma; named for early settler William Duncan.
  • A town in South Carolina; named for landowner Leroy Duncan.
  • A town in Arizona; named for copper businessman Duncan Smith.
  • A town in Mississippi.
  • A village in Nebraska; named for early resident Wood B. Duncan.
  • A census-designated place in Iowa.
  • An unincorporated community in Indiana.
  • An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.
  • An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky.
  • An unincorporated community in Missouri.
  • An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
  • Four townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania, listed under Duncan Township.
  • A river in British Columbia, Canada; running 206 km near Mount Dawson into the Kootenay Lake; named for prospector John Duncan.
  • A short river in the Southern Alps, New Zealand.
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Examples of "duncan" in Sentences

  • Being impeached for mammograms? steve duncan Says:
  • So the GOP is against volcano monitoring. steve duncan Says:
  • They picked up that form after arriving here. steve duncan Says:
  • What Geithner is doing is as much politics as economics. steve duncan Says:
  • But unless changed, next such incident will not be so kind on Americans and Obama Administration. steve duncan Says:
  • I had a cat named "duncan" who was famous for "falling" on my head in the middle of the night and running towards his food dish.
  • The dogma SHOULD contain the qualifier “SOME”, but for the vast range of dittoheads and red meat didacts, it does not. steve duncan Says:
  • I moved from a $200k+ job to a sub-$80k job pretty much solely because I wanted to see my daughter every day, and the work is a lot more interesting. steve duncan Says:
  • I do not always use the palomar knot, because there are obvious applications that are better suited with the duncan loop, and the cinch knots and, many others - but I tie on with the palomar more than any of the others.

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