Dunelm
English
Etymology
From a Latin name for the city; compare Dunelmensis.
Proper noun
Dunelm (uncountable)
- (historical) Durham.
- 1747, Andrew Kippis, Biographia Britannica: or The Lives Of The Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished in Great Britain And Ireland, page 93:
- Before Aldhun's arrival, the town of Dunelm, or Durham, consisted only of a few scattered huts or cottages.
- 1747, Andrew Kippis, Biographia Britannica: or The Lives Of The Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished in Great Britain And Ireland, page 93:
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