Exe
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English Ex, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (compare Welsh Wysg), a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish".[1][2][3] Cognate to the river names Axe, Esk, and Usk.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editExe
- A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
editShortening of Exeter.
Proper noun
editExe
- (after a qualification) University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
References
edit- ^ Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall (1981). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford [Eng.]: OUP. p. 171.
- ^ 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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- English terms inherited from Old English
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- en:Rivers in Somerset, England
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- English post-nominal letters denoting institutions