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Dover

  • /ˈdəʊ.və/ UK
  • /ˈdoʊ.vɚ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber.

The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.

proper noun

  1. A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141). Rafael Pittman, a tour guide from London, said the area had been "absolute chaos" in the three hours that he was there, waiting to pick up a group of tourists who had docked at Dover.
  2. A sea area between this port and France.
  3. A local government district of Kent, including this town and port.
  4. A neighbourhood of Abram, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6001).
  5. A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  7. A small fishing and lumber town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; formerly, Shoal Bay and Wellington.
  8. A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. A neighborhood of Singapore.
  10. The capital city of Delaware, and the county seat of Kent County.
  11. A town and township in Pope County, Arkansas.
  12. A census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida.
  13. An unincorporated community in Screven County, Georgia.
  14. A minor city in Bonner County, Idaho.
  15. A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
  16. An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
  17. An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas.
  18. A minor home rule city in Mason County, Kentucky.
  19. A former town in Piscataquis County, Maine, now Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
  20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  21. A minor city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  22. A village in Lafayette County, Missouri.
  23. A city, the county seat of Strafford County, New Hampshire.
  24. A town in Morris County, New Jersey.
  25. A town in Dutchess County, New York. After standing around on the dirt steppe for a bit, surveying the nearby pit-bull kennels and skeletal mountain tree line, I headed back to Dover to meet Renny Abrams, the town judge, at his bustling country store and gas station.
  26. A small town in Craven County, North Carolina.
  27. A city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  28. A small town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
  29. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
  30. A small town, the county seat of Stewart County, Tennessee.
  31. A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah.
  32. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
  33. An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.
  34. A small town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  35. An unincorporated community in Price County, Wisconsin.
  36. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
  37. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Dover Township.
  38. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: calais, ostend, redo, repeat, retry, reattempt, remake, rerun, restart, reset, reprise, encore, mulligan, take-two, replay, rework

Translations

Every language

name port in Kent, England

日本語ドーバー Dōbā
中文多佛爾 /多佛尔 Duōfó'ěr
PortuguêsDover
FrançaisDouvres
DeutschDover
ΕλληνικάΝτόβερ Ntóver
РусскийДувр Duvr
עבריתדובר duvr

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@misc{dover_2026,
  title = {Dover},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dover},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}