Doon
noun
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
Doon
American
[doon]
/ dun /
noun
doon
British
/ duːn /
preposition
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She was MSP for the Ayrshire seat of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley from 2016 to 2021 and served as health secretary between 2018 and 2021.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Calvert makes pottery with her daughter, Nancy Lingemann, and son-in-law, John Lingemann, on May 27, 2025, in Bonny Doon, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025
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.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Grahm sold Bonny Doon in 2020, and last year launched a new partnership with E&J Gallo called the Language of Yes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
Edward Pocket looked up and nodded briefly at Doon, one of his most frequent visitors.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023
“Wonder if his car broke doon and he had to get the bus,” another joked.
From Fox News ● Apr. 28, 2019
At first, Glaswegians mainly used their break to head "doon the watter", taking steamboats down the Clyde to the Ayrshire coast.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2014
Ye'll have observed that when Charles wants to give his Princess casting lessons he takes her doon to the Dee.
From Time Magazine Archive
“But that’s only if yeh’ll do us the faivor o setten doon and sharin’ a bite wit us.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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