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語源

Borrowed from French Dupont.

固有名詞

Dupont (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Duponts)

1. A surname from French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
   2. A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
   3. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
   4. A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
   5. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
   6. A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
   7. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dupont”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501.
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