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Buckingham

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Buckingham Palace.
  2. 2
    A place name:; A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
  4. 4
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Colorado, named after a railroad official.
  5. 5
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Florida.
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  1. 6
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Illinois.
  2. 7
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Iowa, named after Buckingham County, VA.
  3. 8
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  4. 9
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
  5. 10
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A former city in Texas, now part of Richardson, Texas.
  6. 11
    A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place, the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia.
  7. 12
    A dukedom in the English peerage.
  8. 13
    A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place name.

Etymology

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

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