Dufferin

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌ.fə.ɹɪn/
  • Hyphenation: Duf‧fe‧rin
  • Rhymes: -ʌfəɹɪn

Proper noun

Dufferin

  1. A place in Canada:
    1. A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.
    2. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin) in southern Manitoba.
    3. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
    4. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190) in south-central Saskatchewan.

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