English Explanatory Dictionary

Bucknell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625).
  3. A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3574).
  4. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, named after William Bucknell.

Word forms

Bucknell Bucknells Bucknill

Etymology

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).

Related words

Bucknall

Derived words

Bucknellian
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