how to pronounce dover

/ˈdoʊvɚ/

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dover is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dover in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… is the concept of Dover DE no prova di …”

meanings of dover

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A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
A sea area between this port and France.
A tiny city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
A town in Morris County, New Jersey.
A small incorporated village in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas.
A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah.
A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
A town in Windham County, Vermont.
A small town, the county seat of Stewart County, Tennessee.
A town and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France.
A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
A borough of York County, Pennsylvania.
A surname.
A local government district of Kent, including this port.
A town in Tasmania, Australia.
An unincorporated community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The capital city of Delaware, United States, and the county seat of Kent County.
An unincorporated community in Screven County, Georgia.
A city, the county seat of Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.
A city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
A neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A small town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
A tiny city in Bonner County, Idaho.
A village in Lafayette County, Missouri.
A small town in Craven County, North Carolina.
A tiny home rule city in Mason County, Kentucky.
A neighborhood of Singapore.
An unincorporated CDP in Hillsborough County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
A small town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
A former town in Piscataquis County, Maine, now Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.
A town in Dutchess County, New York.
An unincorporated community in Price County, Wisconsin.

dover frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dover occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dover can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dover can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;