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Bucknell

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  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3574). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A former settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable
  5. 5
    Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, named after William Bucknell. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).

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