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Dorset

/ˈdɔː.sɪt/

Dorset proper noun: a maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.

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Proper noun

Dorset

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

Dorset meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Arabic

Dorset in Tamil

முரட்டுப் பருத்தித் துணி

Dorset in Marathi

county of England
डॉर्सेट ḍŏrseṭ

Dorset in Arabic

county of England
دورست

Origin of Dorset

From the county town of Dorchester. The Old English name was Dornwaraceaster, composed of the British Latin name Durnovaria and the common suffix -ceaster; the word was eventually reduced to Dornsǣte, Dorsǣte, a reduction of the original name + the suffix -sǣte (“people, dwellers”), whence Middle English Dorsete.

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Phrases with Dorset

Words that rhyme with Dorset

Questions about Dorset

What does Dorset mean?
Dorset means a maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
What is Dorset in Tamil?
Dorset in Tamil is முரட்டுப் பருத்தித் துணி. See Dorset meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Dorset?
Dorset is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dorset?
Dorset is pronounced /ˈdɔː.sɪt/ (UK).

Words near Dorset in the dictionary

  1. dorsels
  2. dorser
  3. dorseret
  4. dorsers
  5. dorses
  6. Dorset
  7. Dorset button
  8. Dorset buttons
  9. Dorset Down
  10. Dorset Horn
  11. Dorset knob

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Dorset (page history and authors); dorset (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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