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Dover

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Do·ver  (dvr)
1. A municipal borough of southeast England on the Strait of Dover opposite Calais, France. Site of a Roman lighthouse, it has been a strategic port since medieval times. The chalk cliffs rising above the city have caves and tunnels originally used by smugglers. Population: 34,500.
2. The capital of Delaware, in the central part of the state. Founded in 1683 on orders from William Penn, it became capital in 1777. Population: 32,500.
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Noun1.DoverDover - the capital of the state of Delaware
capital of Delaware
DE, Diamond State, First State, Delaware - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Spanish Dover [ˈdəuvəʳ] n → Dover
French Dover [ˈdəuvəʳ] n → Douvres
German Dover [ˈdəuvəʳ] n → Dover nt
Italian Dover [ˈdəuvəʳ] n → Dover f
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It was the Dover road that lay, on a Friday night late in November, before the first of the persons with whom this history has business.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
In two hours I should be upon my way to Dover with one of them, and by tomorrow night, if you follow my instructions carefully, you should arrive with the other, provided, of course, that he returns to London as quickly as I presume he will.
The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Barkis's box), and told me that Miss Betsey lived near Dover, but whether at Dover itself, at Hythe, Sandgate, or Folkestone, she could not say.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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