Duns may refer to:
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Duns, Scottish Borders
Duns is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Berwickshire.
History
Early history
Duns Law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfor ...
, a town in Berwickshire, Scotland
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Duns railway station
Duns railway station served the town of Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1849 to 1951 on the Berwickshire Railway
The Duns Branch and the Berwickshire Railway together formed a through railway route from Reston, near Berwick-upon-Twe ...
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Duns F.C.
Duns Football Club is a football club from Duns in Scotland, playing in the A League of the Border Amateur League. The club previously competed in the East of Scotland Football League before withdrawing prior to the 2016–17 season.
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, a football club
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Duns RFC
Duns Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Duns in Borders, Scotland.
They are known as 'The Dingers' from the town motto, "Duns Dings A" (Duns Beats All).
For the 2015–16 season they will play in East Regional League Division ...
, a rugby football club
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Battle of Duns
The Battle of Duns or Battle of Duns Park was an engagement fought in 1372 near the site of the present day town of Duns, Berwickshire.
Background and battle
In retaliation for previous Scottish raids, Henry, Lord Percy, the English March ...
, an engagement fought in 1372
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Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus ( – 8 November 1308), commonly called Duns Scotus ( ; ; "Duns the Scot"), was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. He is one of the four most important ...
( 1265/66–1308), Scottish philosopher
**''Duns'' or ''Dunsman'', see
Scotism
Scotism is the philosophical school and theological system named after John Duns Scotus, a 13th-century Scottish philosopher-theologian. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose ''Opus Oxoniense'' was one of the most important ...
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Düns
Düns is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area a ...
, municipality in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg
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DUNS
Duns may refer to:
* Duns, Scottish Borders, a town in Berwickshire, Scotland
** Duns railway station
** Duns F.C., a football club
** Duns RFC, a rugby football club
** Battle of Duns, an engagement fought in 1372
* Duns Scotus ( 1265/66–1308 ...
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People with the surname
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Jeremy Duns
Jeremy Duns (born 10 December 1973) is a British author of spy fiction and the history of espionage. Born in Manchester, he now resides in Åland.
Life and career
Duns studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford, after which he worked for several y ...
(born 1973), a British author
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Len Duns
Leonard Duns (28 September 1916 – 29 April 1989) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as outside right. He was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Club career
Duns made his debut for Sunderland on 2 November 1935 in a 2–2 ...
(1916–1989), an English footballer
See also
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Duns Creek
Duns Creek (also known as Dunns Creek) is a rural residential suburb in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located near the historic village of Paterson in the north-western corner of the Port Stephens Council local government area ...
, New South Wales, Australia
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Duns Tew
Duns Tew is an English village and civil parish about south of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 478. With nearby Great Tew and Little Tew, Duns Tew is one of the three villages known collectively as ...
, Oxfordshire, England
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Dun (disambiguation)
A dun is an ancient or medieval fort.
Dun or DUN may also refer to:
Places
* Dun, Angus, a civil parish in Scotland
* Dun, Ariège, a commune in southern France
* Dun, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Dun, Norway, a village in Trø ...
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