Axe

See also: axe, and axé

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

River Axe

Etymology

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

Axe

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

Derived terms

Axbridge (Somerset)
Axminster (Devon)
Axmouth (Devon)

References

^ 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.

Anagrams

exa-

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Axe

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aks/

Proper noun

Axe m

(history) Axis (World War Two nation group)

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Axe

plural of Ax

[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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