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Exe
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Appendix:Variations of "exe"
English
Etymology 1
From en ang Ex, a borrowing from en cel-bry-pro *Uɨsk (compare cy Wysg), 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 to the river names en Axe, en Esk, and en Usk.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛks/
en X
Proper noun
1
en Q1238790en river co/Somerset and co/Devon cc/England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.
Derived terms
en Exeter Exmoor Exmouth Exton Exwick Nether Exe Netherexe Up Exe
Translations
Latin: la Isca f
Etymology 2
Shortening of Exeter.
Proper noun
en after a qualification University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
References
en post-nominal letters denoting institutions
Old English
Proper noun
m
ang Exanċeaster