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dune

  [doon, dyoon]
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–noun
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
Origin:
1780–90; < F, OF < MD dūna; c. down 3
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dune   (dōōn, dyōōn)   
n.  A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.

[French, from Old French, from Middle Dutch dūne; see dheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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dune 
1790, from Fr., M.Du. or M.L.G., all of which had the word in similar form, all perhaps from Gaulish *dunom (thus related to down (n.2) and to town).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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