Bucca

Bucca of the Marish was a Hobbit of the Shire and the first Shire-thain. He presumably originated from the Marish region of the Shire.
==Biography==
Being a well-respected hobbit, Bucca became Shire-thain in place of the King at Fornost in TA 1979 (SR 379).The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" He founded the family of the Oldbucks, who later became the Brandybucks, after settling in Buckland. Other aspects of Bucca's life are not known, including his eventual fate.
==Etymology==
The name Bucca comes from the Old English bucc ("male deer") or bucca ("he-goat").Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, Brandybuck
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	بوكا من الماريش
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Бука на Мариш
Danish 	Bucca af Marsken
Finnish 	Bucca Nevalainen
French 	Bucca du maresque
German 	Bucca vom Bruch (First translation)
Bucca aus dem Bruch (Second translation)
Italian 	Bucca della Palude
Persian 	بوکا از ماریش
Polish 	Bukka z Moczarów
Russian 	Скокка из Марей
Slovak 	Bucca z Bahniska
==References==
Category:Hobbits
Category:Brandybucks
Category:Old English
Category:Thains of the Shire
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