Dunfermline

English Etymology From en gd Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from gd dùn fortification, and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river en Lyne en Burn, from gd linne waterfall, pool + gd bùrn water.Taylor and Márkus, The Place–Names of Fife: Volume One, pp.309–310. Pronunciation en /dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/ Proper noun en Q211950 en city/and/former royal burgh council area/Fife cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT0987; en former capital cc/Scotland. en 1902 Guinn James Miller Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth Century; Also Containing Biographies of Well-known Citizens of the Past and Present Chapman Publishing Company 471 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_and_Biographical_Record_of_So/3BU1AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22hollister%20went%20back%22&pg=PA471&printsec=frontcover Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland. Dr. Dobie William Gowan Dobie, D.M. was born in the ancient Scotch city of Dunfermline, where his father, William, and grandfather were both damask manufacturers, while his mother, Agnes, was a daughter of James Mathewson, who was one of the pioneer manufacturers of damask. en Q68815366 en A <<former local government district>> in <<adr/Fife Region>> (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996. en Q2199409 en village co/Fulton County s/Illinois c/USA, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife. Translations town in Fife Armenian: hy Դանֆերմլին Belarusian: be Данфе́рмлін m Bulgarian: bg Дънфъ́рмлин m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 鄧弗姆林 Dèngfúmǔlín Irish: ga Dún Phárlain Japanese: ja ダンファームリン Danfāmurin Kazakh: kk Данфермлин Korean: ko 던펌린 Lithuanian: lt Danfermlinas m Marathi: mr डनफर्मलिन Russian: ru Данфе́рмлин m Scots: sco Dunfaurlin Scottish Gaelic: gd Dùn Phàrlain Tatar: tt Данфермлин Thai: th ดันเฟิร์มลิน dan ferm-lin Ukrainian: uk Данфе́рмлін m See also sco Dunfaurlin References