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Mercia en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɝʃə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmɜːʃi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɜːsi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɝsi.ə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmɜːʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Latinization of Old English Mierċe (literally “border people”), derived from mearc, whence mark.

Meanings

  1. (historical) One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.
  2. The Midlands.

Deriveds

Mercian

Translations (10)

mr मेर्सिया (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · ru Ме́рсия (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · it Mercia (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · pt Mércia (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · cs Mercie (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · es Mercia (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · fr Mercie (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · ang Mierċe (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · hy Մերսիա (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England) · ka მერსია (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England)

Mercia en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɝʃə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmɜːʃi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɜːsi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɝsi.ə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmɜːʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. A female given name.
    • Even Mercia—a good girl, a very clever girl—has never yet passed this door. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC: