Dupont
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English
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Etymology
Proper noun
Dupont (countable and uncountable, plural Duponts)
- A surname from French.
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
- A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
- An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
- A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
- A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
- A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
- A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dupont”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501.
- Forebears
French
Etymology
du + pont (“bridge”). Most prevalent in Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.[1]
Pronunciation
Homophones: dupons, Dupond, Du Pont
Proper noun
Dupont m or f by sense
- a common, generic French surname
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Dupont.
Proper noun
Dupont m or f by sense
- a surname from French