Dorset

English

Location of Dorset in England

Etymology

From the county town of Dorchester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː(ɹ).sɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

Proper noun

Dorset

1. A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
2. A unitary authority in England which includes all of the traditional county except Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a separate unitary authority.
3. A place name elsewhere:
   1. A local government area in north-east Tasmania, Australia.
   2. A community in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
   4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, named after Dorset, Vermont.
   5. A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the English county.

Derived terms

• Dorsetshire (archaic)
• East Dorset
• North Dorset
• West Dorset

Translations

county of England

• Arabic: دورست‎
• French: Dorset (fr) m
• Japanese: ドーセット (dōsetto)
• Latin: Dorsetia f, Dorcestria f
• Marathi: डॉर्सेट (ḍŏrseṭ)
• Old French: Dorsete
• Polish: Dorset (pl) m
• Russian: Дорсет m (Dorset)
• Spanish: Dorset m
• Ukrainian: Дорсет m (Dorset)

Anagrams

• Doster, Droste, Strode, doters, rodest, sorted, stored, strode, torsed