# Dunfermline

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dʌnˈfɜːɹmlɪn/ · frequency rank #37,431

## Definitions
1. A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.
2. A former local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
3. A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States, first settled by people from Dunfermline, Fife.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

## Common misspellings (17)
`ddunfermline`, `dnufermline`, `dufnermline`, `dunefrmline`, `dunfemrline`, `dunferlmine`, `dunfermilne`, `dunfermlien`, `dunfermlinne`, `dunfermlline`, `dunfermlnie`, `dunfermmline`, `dunferrmline`, `dunffermline`, `dunfremline`, `dunnfermline`, `udnfermline`

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