Dorset

English <dab!> thumb|Location of Dorset in England Etymology From the county town of en Dorchester.Mills, A.D. (2003). "A Dictionary of British Place-Names". Oxford University Press. The en ang - name was ang Dornwaraceaster, composed of the British en la - name la Durnovaria and the common suffix -ang ceaster; the word was eventually reduced to ang Dornsǣte, ang Dorsǣte, a reduction of the original name + the suffix ang -sǣte people, dwellers,Yorke, Barbara (2002). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge. p. 137. whence en enm Dorsete. Pronunciation en /ˈdɔː.sɪt/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dorset.wav Southern England en ɔː(ɹ)sɪt 2 Proper noun en A maritime <<county>> of <<cc/England>>, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel. en unitary authority cc/England which includes all of the traditional county except Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a separate unitary authority. A place name elsewhere: en local government area in north-east s/Tasmania c/Australia. en community co/Haliburton County p/Ontario c/Canada. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Henrietta co/Hubbard County s/Minnesota c/USA. en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Ashtabula County s/Ohio c/USA, named after Dorset, Vermont. en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Bennington County s/Vermont c/USA, named after the English county. TopoZone: Dorset, Vermont Derived terms en Dorset Down Dorset Horn Dorsetshire<ll:archaic> East Dorset North Dorset West Dorset Translations county of England Arabic: ar دورست French: fr Dorset m Old French: fro Dorsete Japanese: ja ドーセット dōsetto Latin: la Dorsetia f, la Dorcestria f Marathi: mr डॉर्सेट Middle English: enm Dorsete Polish: pl Dorset m Russian: ru Дорсет m Spanish: es Dorset m Ukrainian: uk Дорсет m References Anagrams en deorst Doster Droste Strode doters rodest sorted stored strode torsed Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Dorsete