English Explanatory Dictionary

Andover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
  2. A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A former settlement in Placer County, California.
  5. A rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  6. A neighbourhood of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  7. A village in Henry County, Illinois.
  8. A minor city in Clinton County, Iowa, named after Andover, Vermont.
  9. A city in Butler County, Kansas.
  10. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  12. A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Pronunciation

/ˈændoʊvɚ/ En-us-Andover.ogg

Word forms

Andover

Etymology

From Middle English Andever, Andeafara, from Old English Andefera (“Andover”); possibly from Old English *Ande + ēa + fara (literally “farer over the river Ande”) or from Old English *Ande + ōfer (literally “[town situated on the] bank of the river Ande”).

Derived words

North Andover
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