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Axe
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axe -axe áx̱e axé
English
River +
Etymology
Ultimately derived from en cel-bry-pro *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish".Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club.Eilert Ekwall (1981). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford [Eng.]: OUP. p. 171.Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales Gomer Press, Ceredigion; Gwasg Gomer / Gomer Press; page 484. Cognate with the river names en Esk, en Exe, and en Usk.
Proper noun
1
en river co/Dorset co/Somerset and east co/Devon cc/England, which flows into Lyme Bay at en Seaton.
en river co/Somerset cc/England, which flows into the en Bristol Channel at en Weston-super-Mare.
Derived terms
en Axbridge Somerset
en Axminster Devon
en Axmouth Devon
References
Anagrams
en aex exa-
French
fr:
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Axe.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
fr history Axis (World War Two nation group)
See also
fr Alliés
Pennsylvania German
Noun
pdc noun form
pdc Ax