Dorchester en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɔː(ɹ)tʃɪstə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈdɔɹˌtʃɛstɚ/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- audio South Carolina
Etymology
Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wāriā (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).
Meanings
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).
- 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).
- 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 and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Saline County, Nebraska.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in what is now Dorchester County, South Carolina.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Grayson County, Texas.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village mostly in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Deriveds
Dorchester on Thames · Dorchester County
Synonyms
Translations (2)
la Durnovaria (town) · fro Dorecestre (town)