dún
Irish (Donegal)
/d̪ˠuːnˠ/
noun
Definitions
- fort; fortress
- place of refuge, haven
- (secure) residence, house
- promontory fort; bluff
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish dún (fortress, fort) inherited from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold, rampart, hill, fortified town, fortress, hillfort).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*dūnom
Gloss
stronghold, rampart, hill, fortified town, fortress, hillfort
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Allentown English
- Anytown English
- Arrowtown English
- Banglatown English
- Bardstown English
- Beantown English
- Blacktown English
- Blandtown English
- Blanktown English
- Boystown English
- Bricktown English
- Byrdstown English
- Cabbagetown English
- Canvastown English
- Castletown English
- Cathedraltown English
- Chapeltown English
- Charlottetown English
- Chinatown English
- Cowtown English
- Creetown English
- Down English
- Downie English
- Downingtown English
- Doylestown English
- Dufftown English
- Earlestown English
- Edgartown English
- Elizabethtown English
- Freetown English
- Germantown English
- Grantown-on-Spey English
- Greeleytown English
- Griffithstown English
- Hockeytown English
- Huntingtown English
- Hymietown English
- Jamestown English
- Jeffersontown English
- Jonestown English
- Kelleytown English
- Koreatown English
- Leonardtown English
- Lewistown English
- Lombardstown English
- Lordstown English
- Mifflintown English
- Mobtown English
- Newtown English
- Nicholtown English
- Niggertown English
- Norristown English
- Provincetown English
- Puddletown English
- Silvertown English
- Tinseltown English
- Townsend English
- Toytown English
- Tylertown English
- Victoriatown English
- Youngstown English
- boomtown English
- bytown English
- churchtown English
- cowtown English
- crosstown English
- cybertown English
- downtown English
- ecotown English
- hilltown English
- hometown English
- intertown English
- intown English
- midtown English
- monotown English
- multitown English
- shacktown English
- shantytown English
- smalltown English
- town English
- townball English
- towned English
- towner English
- townfield English
- townfolk English
- townful English
- townhome English
- townhood English
- townhouse English
- townie English
- townish English
- townland English
- townless English
- townlet English
- townlike English
- townling English
- townly English
- townman English
- townmate English
- townpeople English
- townscape English
- townsfolk English
- township English
- townsite English
- townsman English
- townspeople English
- townsperson English
- townswoman English
- townward English
- townwards English
- townwear English
- townwide English
- towny English
- Tuno Latin
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuHnom Proto-Indo-European
- *tūną Proto-Germanic
- タウン Japanese
- town Middle English
- dúnadh Irish
- dinas Welsh
- dún Old Irish
- dúnad Old Irish
- dùn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *dūnom Proto-Celtic
- *srutom Proto-Celtic
- taun Marshallese
- tawūn Marshallese
- taun Tok Pisin
- tāone Maori
- *dunum Gaulish
- *dūnon Gaulish
- dunon Gaulish
- dunum Gaulish
- taundi Shona
- tawuni Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- taun Kriol
- taunu Pitjantjatjara