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Dufferin
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English
Etymology
The New Brunswick parish is named after British politician Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902), as is the rural municipality in Manitoba, and probably the other places in Canada.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/
en Duf fe rin
en ʌfəɹɪn 3
Proper noun
en place c/Canada:
en neighbourhood city/Kamloops p/British Columbia.
en rurmun (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin) in southern p/Manitoba.
en civil parish co/Charlotte County p/New Brunswick.
en rurmun (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190) in south-central p/Saskatchewan.
Derived terms
en Dufferin County
en eponyms