Dover

See also: dover

English

Etymology

From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊvə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊvəɹ/

Proper noun

Dover

1. A major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France.
2. A sea area between this port and France
3. A local government district of Kent, including this port
4. The capital city of the state of Delaware in the United States of America, and the county seat of Kent County.
5. A city, the county seat of Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.
6. A city in Ohio.
7. A surname

Derived terms

• Dover-Foxcroft
• Dover sole

Translations

port in Kent, England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多佛爾／多佛尔 (zh), 多佛尔 (zh) (Duōfó'ěr)

• Danish: Dover
• Dutch: Dover
• Esperanto: Dovero
• French: Douvres (fr)
• German: Dover (de)
• Greek: Ντόβερ (Ntóver)
• Hebrew: דובר (he) (duvr)
• Japanese: ドーバー (Dōbā)
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• Latin: Dubris
• Maltese: Dover
• Norwegian: Dover
• Old English: Dofras
• Old Portuguese: Dovra
• Portuguese: Dover (pt) f
• Russian: Дувр m (Duvr)
• Swedish: Dover
• Welsh: Dofr m

Anagrams

• Dovre, Voder, drove, roved, vedro, vored

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.veʁ/

Proper noun

Dover f

1. Dover (a city in Kent, England)