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Oglethorpe

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  1. 1
    A surname from Old Norse. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”).

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