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Somerset en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/ (General-American, West-Country)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".

Meanings

  1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
    • In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge. 1922, Arthur J. P. Williams, Rural Industries of the West Country, page 42:
  2. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Gunnison County, Colorado.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Miami County, Kansas.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A home rule city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Steele County, Minnesota.
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
  13. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
  14. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
  15. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and hamlet therein, in Niagara County, New York.
  16. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Perry County, Ohio.
  17. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  18. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  19. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  20. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Bexar County, Texas.
  21. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town (unincorporated) in Windham County, Vermont.
  22. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia.
  23. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Bellevue, King County, Washington.
  24. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
  25. A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia; in full, Somerset Region.
  26. A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
  27. A surname.

Deriveds

Somerset West and Taunton · Bath and North East Somerset · Mummerset · Somerset Island · North Somerset · West Somerset · Somerset County · Somersetian · South Somerset · Somersetshire

Synonyms

Somersetshire

Translations (12)

uk Сомерсет (county in England) · la Somersetia (county in England) · kw Gwlas an Hav (county in England) · ar سومرست (county in England) · br Bro an Hañv (county in England) · mk Со́мерсет (county in England) · fro Sormersete (county in England) · lo ສໍເມີເສັດ (county in England) · th สอเมอร์เส็ต (county in England) · cy Gwlad yr Haf (county in England) · ang Sumorsǣte (county in England) · nod ᩈᩬᩴᨾᩮᩬᩥᩈᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ (county in England)

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