Wessex

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From Middle English Westsex, from Old English Westseaxan(literally “West Saxons”), which stood for both Wessex and its people.


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Wessex

Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England, literally "(land of the) West Saxons;" see west + Saxon. Modern use in reference to southwestern England (excluding Cornwall) is from Hardy's novels.