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Vinony

Dum Dum

proper noun

  1. City in West Bengal, India
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm ˈdʌm/

name

Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali দমদম (domdom).

  1. A city in West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.
  2. A city in West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.

    “At the time of going to press the useful evidence report consists of the fact that a storm warning was given to [BOAC Flight 783]’s captain, but that he, after consultations with meteorological people, decided to take off according to plan. The aircraft, following fire-warning-circuit rectification at Singapore and radio fault-rectification at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta was then two and a half hours behind schedule.”

  3. A locality in the Tweed council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: A reduplication of dumb, spelled dumbly.

  1. Alternative form of dumdum.