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Doon

[ doon ]

noun

  1. a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.


doon

/ duːn /

preposition

  1. a Scot word for down 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

They had rented the property on Doon Road for 14 months but rarely went outside.

From BBC

Michael Grevengoed, 34, from Doon, Iowa, is planning to caucus for Trump on Jan. 15 and said he isn’t concerned about Trump’s legal woes.

Mary Monkman, from Kendal, Cumbria, travelled to Ayrshire on 16 June and was last seen in the Loch Doon area.

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She was last seen behind the wheel of her red Nissan Juke, near to Loch Doon, at about 16:00 BST that Friday.

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TS Queen Mary was built in 1933 by shipbuilders William Denny in Dumbarton, for many years providing "doon the watter" trips from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.

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