Doncaster

English

Etymology

The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnkæstəɹ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnkɑːstə/

Proper noun

Doncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Doncasters)

1. A town and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England.
2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doncaster is the 73666^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 263 individuals. Doncaster is most common among White (93.16%) individuals.

Translations

town in Yorkshire

• Latin: Dānum n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doncaster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 478.

References

• Celtic Culture: A-Celti, p. 569

Anagrams

• decatrons, notecards, transcode