Ipswich.

A corruption of Gypes-wick, the town on the river “Gyppen,” now called the Orwell.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Ionic Accomplishments
Ionic Architecture
Ionic School or Ionic Philosophers
Iormungandur
Iota
Iphicles Oxen
Iphicratensians
Iphigenia
Ipse Dixit (Latin)
Ipso Facto
Ipswich
Iram
Iran
Ireland
Irena
Iris
Irish Agitator
Irish Apricots
Irish Stew
Irish Wedding
Iron

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