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Docker.

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈdɑkɚ/General-American
  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).

  2. A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).

  3. A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.

  4. An English habitational surname from Old Norse.

Where this word comes from

Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

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