Etymology

Pevensey

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6404). Full definition →

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From Old English personal name *Pefen, genitive singular *Pefenes + ēa (“river”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.