Brisco

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4251). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.

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