Dorset.

Once the seat of a British tribe, calling themselves Dwr-trigs (water-dwellers). The Romans colonised the settlement, and Latinised Dwr-trigs into Duro-trigës. Lastly came the Saxons, and translated the original words into their own tongue, dor-sætta (water-dwellers).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Doric Dialect
Doric Land
Doric Reed
Doricourt
Dorigen
Dorimant
Dorinda
Dormer Window
Dornock
Dorothea (St.)
Dorset
Dorsetian Downs
Dositheans
Doson
Doss
Doss-house (A)
Dosser
Do-the-Boys Hall
Dot and go One (A)
Dotterel
Douay Bible

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Dorset