Dunbar

Pronunciation

• Scotland enPR: dÅ­nbä(r)', IPA: /dÊŒnˈbɑː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Australia enPR: dÅ­n'bä(r), IPA: /ˈdÊŒnbɑː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒnbɑː(ɹ)
• Homophones: dun-bar

Alternative forms

• Dynbaer obsolete

Origin

Scottish Gaelic dun ("fortress, fort, castle, tower") + Irish bar ("hill, height, top, extremity, point") or possibly from the name Bar or Barr, a follower of Kenneth, a captain of the Scots.

Full definition of Dunbar

Proper noun

1. A town in East Lothian, Scotland.1965 — In reply he sent Wilfrid to his town of Dunbar under the supervision of a sheriff called Tydlin whom he knew to be more cruel. — Eddius Stephanus, Life of Wilfrid, Page 107, 12^th century. Translated from Latin by J. F. Webb.

Anagrams

• Durban