Dorchester
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wārjā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster (“fort, Roman town”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick and Ontario town are named in honour of colonial administrator Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724 - 1808).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɔː(ɹ)tʃɪstə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Dorchester
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990). [1]
- A village and civil parish (served by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU5794). [2]
- Synonym: Dorchester-on-Thames
- A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Macoupin County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.
- A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
- A village in Saline County, Nebraska.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A ghost town in what is now Dorchester County, South Carolina.
- A minor city in Grayson County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
- A village mostly in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms
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