Etymology

Buckland

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812). Full definition →

Old English bōc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombōc“book”
  2. English todayBuckland

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbōc all →

bookBuckman

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