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Buckland
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An English surname and the name of several villages in England, derived from Old English words for "book" and "land."
"The family traced its roots back to a Buckland in Devon."
Word Forms
Bucklands plural
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Etymology
From Old English bōc ("book") + land ("land"), originally land held by charter.