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Doon , river, c.30 mi (48 km) long, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, SW Scotland, flowing NW through Loch Doon (6 mi/9.7 km long) to the Firth of Clyde S of Ayr. Robert Burns celebrated its beauty in his poetry.

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Doon (river) E. Ayr. Don 1197. ‘(River of the) river goddess’. British Deuona.

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