Essex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Humboldt County, California.
A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
A township in Stark County, Illinois.
A city in Page County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
A township in Clinton County, Michigan.

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Essex

Inherited from Old English Ēastseaxan (literally “East Saxons”), which stood for both Essex and the people of Essex.

Mid Sussex Sussex Wessex West Sussex

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Norwegian Bokmål: Essex

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