Dundas.
A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & usage
A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A placename: A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in Australia: A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
A placename: A number of places in Australia: A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
A placename: A number of places in Australia: A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
A placename: A number of places in Australia: An abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
A placename: A number of places in Australia: A local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.
Where this word comes from
The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.
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