Dryden
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪdən/
- Rhymes: -aɪdən
Proper noun
Dryden
- An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English, from Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).
- A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
- A village in Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
- A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
- A town in New York, and a village within the town; named for poet John Dryden.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
- A census-designated place in Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.
Derived terms
- Drydenesque
See also
- John Dryden, an English poet and playwright.