Fife

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌɪf/

The English word “Fife” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.
An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly related to the Latin Vepogenus, in which the first element is the Proto-Brythonic predecessor of Welsh gwep (“face”).

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