Buckinghamshire
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English Buccingahāmsċīr (“district of Bucca's home”), from Buccingahāmme sċīr, first element from Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)[1]) inga- ham. By surface analysis, Buckingham -shire.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBuckinghamshire
- An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
- Buckinghamshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2020 in all of Buckinghamshire except Milton Keynes.
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- ^ The Home Counties Magazine, Volume 8 (1906)
Further reading
edit- Mills, David (2011): A Dictionary of British Place-Names
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