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A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

Origin

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”). * Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.

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