Dove

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//dʌv//

A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

proper noun

1
A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
2
A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney.
3
An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
4
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
5
A surname.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun dove. * As a Scottish surname, calque of Scottish Gaelic (mac) Calmáin (“(son of the) dove”). Compare Coleman. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Duff. * As a north German surname, from the Low German adjective doof (“deaf”); see deaf.

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Dove · A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Dover · A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in…down · From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.Down · One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland,…

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