Dorchester

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发音

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

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

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

  2. 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. 3.

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

  4. 4.

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

  5. 5.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A village in Macoupin County, Illinois.

  6. 6.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.

  7. 7.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

  8. 8.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A village in Saline County, Nebraska.

  9. 9.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

  10. 10.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A ghost town in what is now Dorchester County, South Carolina.

  11. 11.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A minor city in Grayson County, Texas.

  12. 12.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.

  13. 13.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A village mostly in Clark County, Wisconsin.

相关短语

Dorchester County Dorchester on Thames

词源

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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