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References
- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- ↑ "Bort Name Meaning & Bort Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
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