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Southern England was occupied by saxon tribes and divided into Wessex (West Saxons), Sussex (South Saxons), Essex (East Saxons) and Middlesex (the central Saxons).

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"-sex" is the suffix for the old British countys of Saxons, as in Middle Saxony = Middlesex, East Saxony = Essex, South Saxony = Sussex, and West Saxony = Wessex.

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