Duncan

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
  • , a variant of Dinkin.
  • , a variant of Donegan.
  • , a variant of Dunican.
  • , adopted as an anglicization of Ó Donnchadha (whence Donoghue).
  • locality South Australia (state) Australia (country) ; named for politician {{w John Duncan (Australian politician) John Duncan}}.
  • city British Columbia (province) Canada (country) ; named for early settler William Chalmers Duncan.
  • locale US (country).
  • river British Columbia (province) Canada (country) ; running 206 km near {{w Mount Dawson into the Kootenay Lake|;|named for prospector John Duncan}}.
  • short river in the Southern Alps (mountain range) New Zealand (country).

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