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/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: exiter
Proper noun
Exeter
- A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.
- A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
- A community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Tulare County, California.
- A village in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut.
- A village in Scott County, Illinois.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
- A city in Barry County, Missouri.
- A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Otsego County, New York.
- A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
- A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Green County, Wisconsin.
- (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford.
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