Colchester

//ˈkɒltʃɛstə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, local government district, and borough in Essex, England, the oldest town in England.
  2. 2
    A community in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in New London County, Connecticut.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A city and township in McDonough County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A town in Delaware County, New York.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named after the Earl of Colchester.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  3. 8
    A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

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"Based at Caistor St Edmunds, a few miles south of present-day Norwich, the Iceni were a Celtic tribe whose warrior queen Boudicca led a failed uprising against the occupying Romans, during which the towns of Londinium (London), Camulodunum (Colchester) and Verulamium (St Albans) were sacked."

Etymology

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

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