Drummond

English

Proper noun

Drummond

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
   • 1961 March, C.P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159:

     One aim of the move [from Nine Elms] had been to speed up the overhaul of the company's locomotive stock and to reduce costs with more efficient workshop facilities, in what Dugald Drummond claimed to be "the most complete and up-to-date works owned by any railway company".

2. Numerous places:
   1. A hamlet near Evanton, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6065).
   2. A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland, divided into Lower and Upper Drummond (OS grid ref NH6643).
   3. A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges and the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia
   4. A village and parish of New Brunswick, Canada.
   5. A settlement in Southland, New Zealand.
   6. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
   7. Numerous places in the United States:
      1. A minor city in Fremont County, Idaho.
      2. A village in Montgomery County, Maryland.
      3. An island (Drummond Island) in Lake Huron, belonging to Chippewa County, Michigan.
      4. A township and unincorporated community therein, on Drummond Island, Chippewa County, Michigan.
      5. A town in Granite County, Montana.
      6. A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
      7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• drummondin
• Drummond light
• Drummond North
• Drummond Peak
• Drummondville

French

Etymology

Named after British colonial administrator Gordon Drummond (1772–1854).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔ.mɔnd/
• Rhymes: -ɔnd
• Hyphenation: Drum‧mond

Proper noun

Drummond m

1. a regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾuˈmõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾuˈmon/

• Hyphenation: Drum‧mond

Proper noun

Drummond m or f by sense

1. a surname from English [in turn from Scottish Gaelic]

Derived terms

• drummondiano
• sinal de Drummond