Etymology

Waddesdon

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7416). Full definition →

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The story

Likely an unattested Old English personal name *Weott + -s- + dūn (hill).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.