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A doona or duvet is a kind of bedding a soft flat bag usually filled with down or feathers, or a mixture of both and used on a bed as a blanket. Duvets initially came out of rural Europe and were ready from the down feathers of the Eider duck, which is famous for its worth as an insulator.

Duvets decrease the difficulty of assembly a bed, as it is a single covering as a substitute of the combination of sheets, quilts, and blankets or other bed covers, which is customary in a lot of parts of the globe. The cover is called a quilt cover or a duvet cover.

In Australia a duvet is called a "Doona", from a trademarked brand name derived from the Old Norse "dunn" meaning "feathers". While still register to the Tontine Company, the name "Doona" has become a common term for a duvet or down quilt. A duvet is sometimes puzzled with a quilt, although comforters go on top of the customary sheets and blankets and are primarily ornamental while duvets are used alone.

Originally the term "continental quilt" was the standard name used across Australia, some regions of Australia still use this term at present.

A duvet is also know S a quilt, following British tradition.

Duvets are still usually used in Europe (especially in northern Europe and Scandinavia where it is the most common form of bed covering), and have become well-liked throughout the world in the late twentieth century.

In Norwegian and Danish a duvet is called a dyne, which is pronounced likewise to the Australian name "doona".

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