"Carfax" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From carfax (“a junction of four roads; the main intersection in a town”), from Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carfukes}} Middle English carfukes, {{der|en|la|quadrifurcus||four-pronged, four-forked}} Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Carfax
  1. (Oxford City) The junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate's, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.
    Sense id: en-Carfax-en-name-BFDDQV15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Oxford English

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