"Mercia" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Latinization of Old English Mierċe (literally “border people”), derived from mearc, whence mark.",
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  "pos": "name",
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      "glosses": [
        "One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England."
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        "(historical) One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England."
      ],
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      "translations": [
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Mersia",
          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
          "word": "Մերսիա"
        },
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          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mercie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Mercie"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Mercia"
        },
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          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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          ],
          "word": "Mércia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Mérsija",
          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
          "word": "Ме́рсия"
        },
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          "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
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          "word": "Mercia"
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        "An alternative name for the Midlands."
      ],
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          "Midlands",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːsi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːʃi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝsi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Mercia"
  ],
  "word": "Mercia"
}

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    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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    {
      "word": "Mercian"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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  "pos": "name",
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        "(historical) One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "An alternative name for the Midlands."
      ],
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        [
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          "Midlands"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːsi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːʃi.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɝsi.ə/",
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      ]
    },
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      "roman": "Mersia",
      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "word": "Մերսիա"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercie"
    },
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      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercie"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercia"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Mierċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mércia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Mérsija",
      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "word": "Ме́рсия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercia"
    }
  ],
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    "Mercia"
  ],
  "word": "Mercia"
}