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Saxon. Sussex or Middlesex means land occupied by the south

Saxons and middle Saxons.

Saxons were Germanic tribe that inhabited England.

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The suffix "-sex" in names like Sussex or Middlesex originally denoted a territory associated with a specific group of Saxons. "Sex" in these names comes from the Old English word "Seaxe," referring to the Saxons, a Germanic tribe that settled in England.

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