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How to spell dune

What it means: a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

In a sentence: The camel walked slowly over the sandy dune. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as duen or doon.

Same family: sand, desert, beach, ridge, sandhill. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Dune” comes into English from French, which likely took it from a Dutch word related to “duin,” meaning a sand hill. The word is closely tied to coastal landscapes in northern Europe where these sand hills are common.

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