Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141). · A sea area between this port and France. · A local government district of Kent, including this town and port. · A neighbourhood of Abram, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6001).
From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber. The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.
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