Antonyms for
duncan
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh
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All Definitions for Duncan

Below are all the dictionary definitions of duncan:

1A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh
2The name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
3A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
4A surname from Irish, a variant of Dinkin.
5An Irish surname, a variant of Donegan.
6An Irish surname, a variant of Dunican.
7An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Ó Donnchadha (whence Donoghue).
8A city in the Regional District of Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
9Amed for early settler William Chalmers Duncan.
10A locality in Kangaroo Island council area, South Australia
11Amed for politician John Duncan.
12A city, the county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma
13Amed for early settler William Duncan.
14A town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
15Amed for landowner Leroy Duncan.
16A town in Greenlee County, Arizona
17Amed for copper businessman Duncan Smith.
18A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
19A census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
20An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.
21An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky.
22A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
23A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
24A township in Sullivan County, Missouri.
25An unincorporated community in Webster County and Wright County, Missouri.
26A village in Platte County, Nebraska
27Amed for early resident Wood B. Duncan.
28An unincorporated community in Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina.
29A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
30A river in British Columbia, Canada
31Running 206 km near Mount Dawson into the Kootenay Lake
32Amed for prospector John Duncan.
33A short river in the Southern Alps, West Coast Region, New Zealand.
34A locale in the United States:

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