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Buckingham.

The Buckingham Palace.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm/UK

  1. The Buckingham Palace.

  2. A place name: A town in Buckinghamshire, England.

  3. A place name: A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.

  4. A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Colorado, named after a railroad official.

  5. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Florida.

  6. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A village in Illinois.

  7. A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Iowa, named after Buckingham County, VA.

  8. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

  9. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

  10. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A former city in Texas, now part of Richardson, Texas.

  11. A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place, the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia.

  12. A dukedom in the English peerage.

  13. A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place name.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

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