# Dunwich

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #82,251

## Definitions
1. A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).
2. A town on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.
3. A former township in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, now part of Dutton/Dunwich.

## Etymology
From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”).

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