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Dunoon

British  
/ dəˈnuːn /

noun

  1. a town and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute, on the Firth of Clyde. Pop: 8251 (2001)

"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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Rodd, born in Dunoon in western Scotland and raised on the Isle of Man, has English heritage on his father's side of the family.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

She is half-Moroccan but grew up in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Dunoon Grammar School in Scotland won the category of community collaboration for skill-based courses, including in travel and tourism, design and maritime studies, intended to stem a brain-drain.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2022

Here, at last, I began to see the strange sights and hear the strange sounds I had been looking forward to ever since I left my wee hoose at Dunoon.

From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir

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