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Literal meanings of English counties (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Originally it was called Vectis in Latin. Wight is an old word for man, so its current name means “Isle of man”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well that makes me wonder how many others are wrong on this map.