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A duver (pronounced to rhyme with ''Cover''; occasionally spelt as dover) is an
St Helens DuverSeaview Duver
and Hamstead Dover. There are relatively few dunes on the Isle of Wight, and some have been reclaimed or otherwise lost, meaning that some places which bear the name ''duver'' are no longer sand dunes. The largest surviving example is St Helens Duver.
A duver (pronounced to rhyme with ''Cover''; occasionally spelt as dover) is an Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of ...
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena:
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term for a low-lying piece of land along the coast, subject to occasional inundation by the sea.
The name has become part of place names on the Isle of Wight, for example Dover Street in Ryde is the street which used to run down to the duver.
The word survives in the names of coastal areas aSt Helens Duver
and Hamstead Dover. There are relatively few dunes on the Isle of Wight, and some have been reclaimed or otherwise lost, meaning that some places which bear the name ''duver'' are no longer sand dunes. The largest surviving example is St Helens Duver.
References
{{Reflist Landforms of the Isle of Wight Dunes of England