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Dorchester.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/UK/ˈdɔː(ɹ)tʃɪstə(ɹ)/UK/ˈdɔɹˌtʃɛstɚ/US

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).

  2. 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).

  3. A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  4. A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Macoupin County, Illinois.

  6. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A village in Saline County, Nebraska.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in what is now Dorchester County, South Carolina.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Grayson County, Texas.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.

  13. A number of places in the United States: A village mostly in Clark County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

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).

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