Exeter

Exeter

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Exanċeaster. Equivalent to a contraction of Exe (a river) +‎ Chester.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪtə/

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• Homophone: exiter

Proper noun

Exeter

1. A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.
2. A village in New South Wales, Australia.
3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
4. A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
5. A community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Tulare County, California.
   2. A village in Lebanon, Connecticut.
   3. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
   4. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   5. A city in Barry County, Missouri.
   6. A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   7. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
   8. A town in Otsego County, New York.
   9. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
   10. A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
   11. A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
   12. An unincorporatedcommunity and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
   13. A town and unincorporatedcommunity in Green County, Wisconsin.
7. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford.

Derived terms

• Exeter point
• Exeter stew

Translations

city

Armenian: Էքսետեր (Ēkʿseter) Bulgarian: Ексетър m (Eksetǎr) Chinese: Mandarin: 埃克塞特 (Āikèsāitè) Greek: Έξετερ (Éxeter) Japanese: エクセター (Ekusetā) Korean: 엑서터 (Ekseoteo) Latin: (Roman) Isca Dumnōniōrum f; (medieval, modern) Exōnia Latvian: Eksetera f Lithuanian: Ekseteris m Macedonian: Ексетер m (Ekseter) Old English: Exanċeaster n Russian: Э́ксетер m (Ékseter) Ukrainian: Е́ксетер m (Ékseter) Welsh: Caerwysg f

Anagrams

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