DUNBLANE


Meaning of DUNBLANE in English

Dun ‧ blane /dʌnˈbleɪn/ BrE AmE

a small town in Scotland, where in 1996 16 young children and their teacher were shot and killed in their school by a man called Thomas Hamilton, who also killed himself. Because of these murders, many people demanded stricter laws against people owning guns, and new gun-control laws were passed in 1997.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.