Axe

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See also: axe and axé

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Ultimately derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish".[1][2][3] Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Usk.

Proper noun[edit]

Axe

  1. A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
  2. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club.
  2. ^ Eilert Ekwall (1981). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford [Eng.]: OUP. p. 171.
  3. ^ Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales Gomer Press, Ceredigion; Gwasg Gomer / Gomer Press; page 484.

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French[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Axe m

  1. (history) Axis (World War Two nation group)

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Pennsylvania German[edit]

Noun[edit]

Axe

  1. plural of Ax