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Lickey

village · Worcestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Lickey is thought to derive from an Old English personal name and a topographical term. It might mean 'Lica's hill' or 'hill of the body'.

Word origins

Lickey
Old EnglishPossibly from the personal name Lica or the word 'lic'(from Lica "personal name", lic "body")
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Old Englishhill(from ēg "island, or possibly hill")

Historical forms

Licce · Lice · Lyche