Somerset

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1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
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25. Somerset Region, a local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia.
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Koppelteken as

Som‧er‧set

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".

Sinne

It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset .