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CYNEBURGA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Anglo-Saxon

Means "royal fortress" from Old English cyne "royal" and burg "fortress". Saint Cyneburga, a daughter of a king of Mercia, was the founder of an abbey at Gloucester in the 7th century.


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