Mercia

[ mur-shee-uh, -shuh ]

/ ˈmɜr ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

an early English kingdom in central Britain.

a female given name.

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Examples from the Web for mercia

He was a correspondent of St Boniface, who asks him to support his censure of thelbald of Mercia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
All these things I may do, but never shall Mercia see me again till England calls me home.
Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race|Maud Isabel Ebbutt
Mercia was greatly harassed by the Danes—as, indeed, was the entire country in those days.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2)|Ellen C. Clayton
One authority sees in his works the characteristics of the poetry of Northumbria, another inclines towards Mercia.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand

On the death of Jaruman, bishop of Mercia, Ceadda was induced to enter the episcopate once more.
Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mercia

Mercia

/ (ˈmɜːʃɪə) /

noun

a kingdom and earldom of central and S England during the Anglo-Saxon period that reached its height under King Offa (757–96)

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