Exeter
pronunciation
How to pronounce Exeter in British English:
UK [ˈeksətə]
How to pronounce Exeter in American English:
US [ˈɛksɪtɚ]
Word Origin
- Exeter
- Old English Exanceaster, Escanceaster, from Latin Isca (c. 150), from Celtic river name Exe "the water" + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester).
Example
- 1. Exeter university has had to convert single bedrooms into double accommodation .
- 2. Yet fantasy shopper is based far from any high-tech hub , in the english town of exeter .
- 3. Manchester is also an international airport but on a slightly different scale to exeter .
- 4. But researchers at the university of exeter found a pregnant one hanging out in a split pine tree that had been planted as a windbreaker long ago .
- 5. That 's what scientists at the university of exeter in britain did in a study published last year .