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Dorchester
DAW-chehs-tuh
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A town in Dorset, England, and the county town of the region; also the name of several places in the United States and Canada.
"They stopped for lunch in Dorchester on the way to the coast."
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Etymology
From Celtic *Durno-wāriā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster ("fort, Roman town").