Meaning

noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island

noun a small decorative writing desk

noun a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

origin* As an English surname, from Middle English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

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