AfterWilliam Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, afterBishop Auckland, formerlyNorth Auckland in the UK, the site ofAuckland Castle, fromAckland, possibly fromOld Norsealka(“auk”) or fromMiddle Englishak(“oak”) +land; similar, if not the same, toOakland. In view of an earlier form,Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of aCumbric[Term?] form, equivalent toProto-Brythonic*alo-(“rock”) +Proto-Brythonic*clọ:tā, a river name.
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Auckland
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Auckland m
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| nominative | Auckland |
| genitive | Aucklandu |
| dative | Aucklandowi |
| accusative | Auckland |
| instrumental | Aucklandem |
| locative | Aucklandzie |
| vocative | Aucklandzie |
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishAuckland.
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