Dungeness

English

Etymology

The first element is probably related to the nearby Denge Marsh, while the second element derives from Old Norse nes (“headland”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdʌn.d͡ʒə.ˈnɛs/

Proper noun

Dungeness

  1. A headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland.
  2. An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States.

Derived terms

References
  1. Hill, J. (2013). Weather Architecture. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 288
  2. Clough, J. C. (1876). On the Existence of Mixed Languages: Being an Examination of the Fundamental Axioms of the Foreign School of Modern Philology, More Especially as Applied to the English. United Kingdom: Longmans, p. 70
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