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Dufferin.

A place in Canada:

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/
  1. A place in Canada: A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.

  2. A place in Canada: A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin) in southern Manitoba.

  3. A place in Canada: A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

  4. A place in Canada: A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190) in south-central Saskatchewan.

Where this word comes from

The New Brunswick parish is named after British politician Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902), as is the rural municipality in Manitoba, and probably the other places in Canada.

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