Dorchester

/ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/name
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1

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).

2

A village and civil parish (served by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU5794).

3

A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

4

A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

5

A village in Macoupin County, Illinois.

6

An unincorporated community in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.

7

A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

8

A village in Saline County, Nebraska.

9

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

10

A ghost town in what is now Dorchester County, South Carolina.

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Assonance

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Consonance

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