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Andover

/ˈændoʊvɚ/

Andover proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).

Proper noun

Andover

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
    • Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59
  2. A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A former settlement in Placer County, California.
    • Amtrak's train No. 5, then known as the 'San Francisco Zephyr', westbound on Southern Pacific tracks, climbing the eastern side of the Donner Pass, at Andover, California, on 20th June 1974.1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 120, photo caption
  4. A rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  5. A neighbourhood of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  6. A village in Henry County, Illinois.
  7. A minor city in Clinton County, Iowa, named after Andover, Vermont.
  8. A city in Butler County, Kansas.
  9. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  11. A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
  12. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
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  1. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  2. A borough and township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
  3. A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
  4. A small town in Day County, South Dakota.
  5. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  6. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia.
  7. A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Origin of Andover

From Middle English Andever, Andeafara, from Old English Andefera (“Andover”); possibly from Old English *Ande + ēa + fara (literally “farer over the river Ande”) or from Old English *Ande + ōfer (literally “[town situated on the] bank of the river Ande”).

Words formed from Andover

Questions about Andover

What does Andover mean?
Andover means a town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
What part of speech is Andover?
Andover is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Andover?
Andover is pronounced /ˈændoʊvɚ/.

Words near Andover in the dictionary

  1. andosols
  2. andouille
  3. andouilles
  4. andouillette
  5. andouillettes
  6. Andover
  7. Andoversford
  8. Andoy
  9. andr-
  10. andrachne
  11. andrachnes

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