Exeter

English

Etymology

From Old English Ex (“the river Exe”) + ċeaster (“town”), 'the Roman city of Isca'.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪtə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Homophone: exiter

Proper noun

Exeter

1. A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.
2. A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
4. A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
5. A community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Tulare County, California.
   2. A village in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut.
   3. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
   4. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   5. A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
   6. A city in Barry County, Missouri.
   7. A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   8. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
   9. A town in Otsego County, New York.
   10. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
   11. A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   12. A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
   13. A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
   14. A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
   15. An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
   16. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Green County, Wisconsin.
7. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford.

Derived terms

• Exeter point
• Exeter stew

Translations

city

• Arabic: إكستر
• Armenian: Էքսետեր (Ēkʻseter)
• Bulgarian: Ексетър m (Eksetǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃克塞特 (Āikèsāitè)

• Greek: Έξετερ (Éxeter)
• Japanese: エクセター (Ekusetā)
• Korean: 엑서터 (Ekseoteo)
• Latin: Isca f, Isca Dumnōniōrum f (historical); Exōnia (medieval, modern)
• Latvian: Eksetera f
• Lithuanian: Ekseteris m
• Macedonian: Ексетер m (Ekseter)
• Marathi: एक्सिटर (eksiṭar)
• Old English: Exanċeaster n
• Russian: Э́ксетер m (Ékseter)
• Ukrainian: Е́ксетер m (Ékseter)
• Welsh: Caerwysg f

Anagrams

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