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Dover
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dover
English
<dab!>
Etymology
From en ang Dofras, from en la Dubris, from en cel-bry - bry Dubras the waters, from en cel-pro *dubros water, from en ine-pro *dʰubrós dark, from ine-pro *dʰewb- deep. Compare en Tauber.
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdəʊ.və/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dover.wav Southern England
en /ˈdoʊ.vɚ/ US
en Do ver
en əʊvə(ɹ) 2
Proper noun
en A <<town>>, <<cpar>> (with a town council) and <<major port>> in <<co/Kent>>, <<cc/England>>, the closest point to France OS grid ref TR3141. Parish map (Kent)
en 5 September 2026 Simon Jones James Buchan Joshua Askew Disruption at Port of Dover due to 'stop the boats' protest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo BBC News Rafael Pittman, a tour guide from London, said the area had been "absolute chaos" in the three hours that he was there, waiting to pick up a group of tourists who had docked at Dover. 5 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261011124538/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo 11 October 2026
en 12 September 2026 Daniel Sandford https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqjgj7x8lo Hardened activists are changing tactics and mobilising the anti-migrant vote BBC News "I seriously thought we'd been invaded by Russians," a Dover resident, Robin Burkhardt, told the BBC. 12 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260912151441/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqjgj7x8lo
en A <<sea area>> between this port and France.
en local government district co/Kent including this town and port.
en neighbourhood sub/Abram metbor/Wigan co/Greater Manchester cc/England OS grid ref SD6001.
en town carea/Huon Valley southern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en neighborhood city/Calgary p/Alberta c/Canada.
en Q5302450en A small fishing and lumber <<town>> in <<p/Newfoundland and Labrador>>, <<c/Canada>> Shoal Bay,Wellington. From 1973
en village p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en neighborhood c/Singapore.
en number of places c/USA:
en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Delaware>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Kent County>>. TopoZone: Dover, Delaware
en town/and/twp co/Pope County s/Arkansas.
en CDP co/Hillsborough County s/Florida.
en ucomm co/Screven County s/Georgia.
en minor city co/Bonner County s/Idaho.
en village co/Bureau County s/Illinois.
en ucomm co/Dearborn County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/Shawnee County s/Kansas.
en minor home rule city co/Mason County s/Kentucky.
en former town co/Piscataquis County s/Maine now x/Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts.
en minor city co/Olmsted County s/Minnesota.
en village co/Lafayette County s/Missouri.
en city/county seat co/Strafford County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Dover, New Hampshire
en town co/Morris County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Dover, New Jersey
en town co/Dutchess County s/New York.
en Aaron Lake Smith Peeling Oniontown Vice Magazine VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/peeling-oniontown-0000126-v19n1/ 2012-01-23 After standing around on the dirt steppe for a bit, surveying the nearby pit-bull kennels and skeletal mountain tree line, I headed back to Dover to meet Renny Abrams, the town judge, at his bustling country store and gas station. https://web.archive.org/web/20250502150417/https://www.vice.com/en/article/peeling-oniontown-0000126-v19n1/
en small town co/Craven County s/North Carolina.
en city co/Tuscarawas County s/Ohio.
en small town co/Kingfisher County s/Oklahoma.
en borough in co/York County s/Pennsylvania. TopoZone: Dover, Pennsylvania
en small town/county seat co/Stewart County s/Tennessee.
en ghost town co/Sanpete County s/Utah.
en town co/Windham County s/Vermont.
en ucomm co/Loudoun County s/Virginia.
en small town co/Buffalo County s/Wisconsin.
en ucomm co/Price County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Racine County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Dover Township.
en.
Derived terms
en Dover-Foxcroft Dover Heights Dover Plains Dover sole Strait of Dover West Dover
Translations
port in Kent, England
Catalan: ca Dover, ca Dobla f antiquated
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 多佛爾 Duōfó'ěr
Danish: da Dover
Dutch: nl Dover
Esperanto: eo Dovero
French: fr Douvres
German: de Dover
Greek: el Ντόβερ
Hebrew: he דובר duvr
Japanese: ja ドーバー Dōbā
Latin: la Dubris
Maltese: mt Dover
Marathi: mr डोव्हर
Norwegian: no Dover
Old English: ang Dofras
Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Dovra
Persian: fa دوور dover
Portuguese: pt Dover f
Russian: ru Дувр m
Swedish: sv Dover
Urdu: ur ڈووَر m ḍovar
Welsh: cy Dofr m
capital of Delaware
Latin: la Dubris m
Marathi: mr डोव्हर
References
Anagrams
en deorv Devor Dovre Voder drove roved vedro vored
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Dover + 1
Pronunciation
pt /ˈdo.veʁ/ BR
Proper noun
f
pt city county/Kent cc/England Dover