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Dorpat

American  
[dawr-paht] / ˈdɔr pɑt /

noun

  1. German name of Tartu.


Dorpat British  
/ ˈdɔrpat /

noun

  1. the German name for Tartu

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It all began on Jan. 17, 1982, when column founder Paul Dorpat published his first comparison, an exuberant parade along Fourth Avenue welcoming home World War I artillery soldiers in 1919.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2022

As World War I ended in 1918, the Rev. Theodore “Ted” Dorpat was ordained by the Lutheran church.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2021

Also possible is a different game essential to “Now & Then” that Paul Dorpat, originator of this column, likens to “hide and seek.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 2, 2020

SAT Photographers/historians Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard, the forces behind the “Now and Then” column in The Seattle Times’ Pacific Magazine, in an in-person presentation of their photography collaboration, 2 p.m.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2015

At the early age of nineteen he was appointed Professor of Botany in the University of Dorpat, and in 1820 he obtained the botanical chair in the University of St. Petersburg.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

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