# Dundee

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dʌnˈdiː/ · frequency rank #12,962

## Definitions
1. A city in Scotland.
2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
3. A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
4. A town in the Northern Territory, Australia.
5. A community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
6. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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28. A coal mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Dùn Dè (“good fort”).

## Easily confused with
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dundee-vs-dune)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dundee-vs-dunne)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dude-vs-dundee)
- **dudes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dudes-vs-dundee)
- **Dundas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dundas-vs-dundee)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddundee`, `dnudee`, `dudnee`, `dunddee`, `dunde`, `dunede`, `dunndee`, `udndee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dundee