Essex

/[ˈes.iks]/ name

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  1. 1
    A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
  2. 2
    A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A locality in Humboldt County, California.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Stark County, Illinois.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Page County, Iowa.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Clinton County, Michigan.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Essex County, New York.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A large town in Chittenden County, Vermont.
  13. 18
    A surname.

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heckfordnorth weald

Example

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"Using advanced ground-penetrating radar, archaeologists believe they've found the Beagle under more than three meters of mud in a river estuary near a long-abandoned dock in Essex, England."

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēastseaxan (literally “East Saxons”), which stood for both Essex and the people of Essex.

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