Dunfermline

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/

Proper noun

Dunfermline

1. A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
2. A former local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
3. A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.

Translations

town in Fife

• Armenian: Դանֆերմլին (Danfermlin)
• Belarusian: Данфе́рмлін m (Danfjérmlin)
• Bulgarian: Дънфъ́рмлин m (Dǎnfǎ́rmlin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鄧弗姆林／邓弗姆林 (Dèngfúmǔlín)

• Irish: Dún Phárlain
• Japanese: ダンファームリン (Danfāmurin)
• Kazakh: Данфермлин (Danfermlin)
• Korean: 던펌린 (deonpeomnin)
• Lithuanian: Danfermlinas m
• Marathi: डनफर्मलिन (ḍanpharmalin)
• Russian: Данфе́рмлин m (Danférmlin)
• Scots: Dunfaurlin
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain
• Tatar: Данфермлин (Danfermlin)
• Thai: ดันเฟิร์มลิน (dan ferm-lin)
• Ukrainian: Данфе́рмлін m (Danférmlin)

See also

• Dunfaurlin