Dunsmuir
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English
Etymology
From Old English personal name Dynn, genitive case Dynnes + Scots muir (“moor”).
Alternatively from either:
- Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fort, fortress”) + muir (“sea, ocean”), 'the fort by the sea'.
- Old Welsh Din Maur (“great fort”).
The collative s in the proposed Celtic sources could come via Scots on analogy with words such as Dunsmore or Dunston, in which cases the -s is a remnant of a genitive case ending.
The town in California is named after San Francisco businessman Alexander Dunsmuir.
Proper noun
Dunsmuir
- A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- A habitational surname from Scots.