down3

 
Pronunciation: /daʊn/

noun

  • 1 (usually downs) a gently rolling hill: the gentle green contours of the downs
  • (the Downs) ridges of undulating chalk and limestone hills in southern England, used mainly for pasture.
  • 2 (the Downs) a stretch of sea off the east coast of Kent, sheltered by the Goodwin Sands.

Origin:

Old English dūn 'hill' (related to Dutch duin 'dune'), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin and related to Old Irish dún and obsolete Welsh din 'fort', which are from an Indo-European root shared by town