Dunn may refer to:
Places in the United States
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Dunn, Indiana
Dunn is an extinct town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Named for Capt. James Dunn, it stands about one and a half miles east of Dunnington. In the 1920s it had two general stores, a grain elevator and ...
, a ghost town
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Dunn, Missouri Dunn is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located just south of U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona ...
, an unincorporated community
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Dunn, North Carolina
Dunn is the largest city of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,263 at the 2010 census, and an estimated 9,718 in 2018. It is the anchor city of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, population 114,678 (2010 census), which ...
, a city
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Dunn County, North Dakota
Dunn County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,095. Its county seat is Manning.
History
On March 9, 1883, the Dakota Territory legislature authorized the creation of a new county, usin ...
, county
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Dunn, Texas, an unincorporated community
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Dunn County, Wisconsin
Dunn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,440. Its county seat is Menomonie. Dunn County comprises the Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Eau Claire-Meno ...
, county
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Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin
Town of Dunn is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,880 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.4 square miles (89.1 km), of which, 28. ...
, town
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Dunn, Dunn County, Wisconsin, town
People
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Dunn baronets
There have been three creations of ''baronetcies'' for people with the surname Dunn; all three were in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The first was settled on William Dunn, of The Retreat in the Parish of Lakenheath in the County of Su ...
, three baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Dunn (bishop)
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Dunn was a medieval Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church ...
, an 8th-century English bishop
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Dunn (surname)
The surname ''Dunn'' has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish surname ''Ó Duinn'', meaning "grandson of '' Donn''"; the Gaelic ''Donn'' was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain". A ...
, a surname
Taxonomy
There are 2 different instances where the last name Dunn is used to give the authority behind names of species:
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Emmett Reid Dunn
Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 in Alexandria, Virginia – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist noted for his work in Panama and for studies of salamanders in the Eastern United States.
Biography
He attended Haverford College ...
(1894–1956), U. S. zoologist, mostly in the names of snakes, frogs etc. in the Americas
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Stephen Troyte Dunn
Stephen Troyte Dunn (26 August 1868, Bristol - 18 April, 1938, Sheen, Surrey, England) was a British botanist. He described and systematized a significant number of plants around the world, his input most noticeable in the taxonomy of the flora ...
(1868–1938), British botanist, mostly in the names of plants in China
Other
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Dunn Engineering
The Dunn Engineering Special was a racecar entered in the Indianapolis 500 during the second half of the 1950s, when the race was part of the FIA World Championship.
The cars were powered by the then-ubiquitous Offenhauser engine and were driven ...
, racecar makers
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J. E. Dunn Construction Group, a construction company
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Dunn Memorial Bridge
The Dunn Memorial Bridge, officially known as the Private Parker F. Dunn Memorial Bridge, carries US 9 and US 20 across the Hudson River between Albany, New York and Rensselaer, New York.
Description
Completed in 1969 to replace an earlier span b ...
in Albany, New York
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Dunn's
Dunn's Famous Deli and Steakhouse is a chain of Jewish delis serving Montreal-style smoked meat, pastrami and cheesecake founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Myer Dunn.
History
Dunn, who immigrated to Canada in 1911, opened his first resta ...
, a Canadian restaurant chain
*Dunns, a clothing retailer, subsidiary of
Pepkor
Pepkor is a South African-based investment and holding company with business interests in Africa, Australia and Eastern Europe. It manages a portfolio of retail chains focused on the value market selling predominantly clothing, footwear and tex ...
See also
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Dun (disambiguation)
A dun is an ancient or medieval fort.
Dun or DUN may also refer to:
Places
*Dun, Angus, a civil parish in Scotland
*Dun, Ariège, a commune in southern France
* Dun, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Dun, Norway, a village in Trø ...
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Dunn Brothers (disambiguation) Dunn Brothers may refer to:
* Dunn Brothers (bounty hunters), Old West bounty hunters
* Dunn Bros, an American coffeehouse franchise
*Dunn Brothers (construction contractors) Dunn Brothers may refer to:
* Dunn Brothers (bounty hunters), Old West ...
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Dunne
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Justice Dunn (disambiguation)
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