Buckinghamshire

From Old English Buccingahāmsċīr (“district of Bucca's home”), from Buccingahām + sċīr, first element from Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)^[1]) + -inga + ham. By surface analysis, Buckingham +‎ -shire.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/

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Buckinghamshire

1. An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
2. Buckinghamshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2020 in all of Buckinghamshire except Milton Keynes.

• Bucks, Bucks., Bck. (abbreviations)

• Mills, David (2011): A Dictionary of British Place-Names