Doncaster

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A Mohawk Native Reserve in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Frequency

44k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɒnkæstəɹ/
Etymology

The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

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