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. See down
   a Scot word for down 1

Example Sentences

Local book festivals such as the Doon readings in Dehra Dun and the Kalaghoda festival in Mumbai are increasingly popular.

From The Daily Beast

He and I were living “doon the watter,” at Dunoon, on the Clyde, one summer month.

From Project Gutenberg

My faither was in it when he was nine, but you're no' allowed to gang doon now till you are twelve year auld.

From Project Gutenberg

You wad think she never had heard o' Willie Broonclod, the packman, that she sloped when she left doon the country.

From Project Gutenberg

He's hitting her on the face every time she tries to rise an' gaein' her anither kick aye when she fa's doon again.

From Project Gutenberg

"The wind has surely gane doon noo," Mysie heard her mother observe, as she spread out the clean white sheet upon the bed.

From Project Gutenberg