Dorset.
A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
Meaning & usage
A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
A unitary authority of England, which includes all of the traditional county except Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a separate unitary authority.
A place name elsewhere: A local government area in north-east Tasmania, Australia.
A place name elsewhere: A community in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
A place name elsewhere: An unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
A place name elsewhere: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, named after Dorset, Vermont.
A place name elsewhere: A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the English county.
Where this word comes from
From the county town of Dorchester. The Old English name was Dornwaraceaster, composed of the British Latin name Durnovaria and the common suffix -ceaster; the word was eventually reduced to Dornsǣte, Dorsǣte, a reduction of the original name + the suffix -sǣte (“people, dwellers”), whence Middle English Dorsete.
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