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Bucknell

Bucknell proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625).

Proper noun

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

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

Forms of Bucknell

pluralBucknells
alternative formBucknill

Origin of Bucknell

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

Words formed from Bucknell

Questions about Bucknell

What does Bucknell mean?
Bucknell means a village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625).
What part of speech is Bucknell?
Bucknell is a proper noun.

Words near Bucknell in the dictionary

  1. buckminsterfullerene
  2. buckminsterfullerenes
  3. Bucknall
  4. Bucknam
  5. Bucknams
  6. Bucknell
  7. Bucknellian
  8. Bucknellians
  9. Bucknells
  10. Buckner
  11. Bucknill

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