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Auburn

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured), ruddy-brown; the meaning has changed from the original one of brownish-white or light yellow (citrinus, in Promptorium Parvulorum), probably through the intensification of the idea of brown caused by the early spelling "abron" or "abrown."

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Auburn'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/auburn.html. 1910.
 
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