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Mercia

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Mercia¹

  • /ˈmɜːsi.ə/ UK
  • /ˈmɜːʃə/ UK
  • /ˈmɜːʃi.ə/ UK
  • /ˈmɝsi.ə/ US
  • /ˈmɝʃə/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

Mercia²

  • /ˈmɜːsi.ə/ UK
  • /ˈmɜːʃə/ UK
  • /ˈmɜːʃi.ə/ UK
  • /ˈmɝsi.ə/ US
  • /ˈmɝʃə/ US

proper noun

  1. A female given name. Even Mercia—a good girl, a very clever girl—has never yet passed this door.

Translations

Every language

name one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England

EspañolMercia
PortuguêsMércia
FrançaisMercie
ItalianoMercia
РусскийМе́рсия Mérsija

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"Mercia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mercia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Mercia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mercia

Chicago

"Mercia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mercia.

BibTeX
@misc{mercia_2026,
  title = {Mercia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mercia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}