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Wilberforce.

An English surname from Old English, most common in Yorkshire.

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  1. An English surname from Old English, most common in Yorkshire.

  2. William Wilberforce, English politician and abolitionist.

  3. A place name: A small town in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.

  4. A place name: A community in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

  5. A place name: A census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States, named after William Wilberforce.

  6. A place name: A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

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