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Melsetter
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English
Proper noun
en hamlet on the island of isl/Hoy carea/Orkney Islands cc/Scotland OS grid ref ND2689. Ordnance Survey
en Chimanimani, the town in Zimbabwe, named by Thomas Moodie (Rhodesian settler) Thomas Moodie after his ancestral home in Orkney. Also the former name of Melsetter district, which now forms part of Chimanimani district.
Usage notes
There may still be a settlement named Melsetter in Zimbabwe, but Wikipedia does not mention this.
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