Exeter

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Etymology

From Old English Ex (the river Exe) + ċeaster (town), 'the Roman city of Isca'.

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Exeter

  1. A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.
  2. A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  4. A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Tulare County, California.
    2. A village in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut.
    3. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
    4. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    5. A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
    6. A city in Barry County, Missouri.
    7. A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
    8. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    9. A town in Otsego County, New York.
    10. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
    11. A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    12. A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
    13. A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
    14. A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
    15. An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
    16. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Green County, Wisconsin.
  7. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford.

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