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Exe

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Etymology 1 edit

From 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.

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Proper noun edit

Exe

  1. A river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth.
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Etymology 2 edit

Shortening of Exeter.

Proper noun edit

Exe

  1. (after a qualification) University of Exeter, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

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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