Exeter

A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England (OS grid ref SX9292).

Proper noun

  1. A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England (OS grid ref SX9292).
  2. A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  4. A small town in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A community in 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. Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford.

Origin

From Middle English Excestre, from Old English Exanceaster: Ex (“the river Exe”) + ċeaster (“fortified town”), 'the Roman city of Isca'.

Related

Exonian

Derived

Exeter point Exeter stew