York

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English

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Etymology

From Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, from Brythonic Eborakon (compare Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, mod. Efrog), from eburo 'yew; black alder' (compare Welsh efwr, Breton evor).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɔːk/

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)k

Proper noun

York

1. A city in North Yorkshire, England.
2. The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
3. Former name (before 1834) of Toronto.
4. A habitational surname from the city or the county; See also Yorke.

Translations

city in North Yorkshire

Bulgarian: Йорк (bg) (Jork) m. French: York (fr) m. Greek: Υόρκη (el) (Iórki) n. Icelandic: Jórvík (is) f. Japanese: ヨーク (ja) (yōku) Latin: Eboracum (la) n. Macedonian: Јорк (mk) (Jórk) m.

Old English: Eoforwīċ n./f. Old Norse: Jórvík f. Portuguese: Iorque (pt) Russian: Йорк (ru) (Jork) m. Spanish: York (es) m. Welsh: Caerefrog (cy) f.

House of York

Greek: Γιορκ (el) (York) n.

Japanese: ヨーク家 (ja) (yōku ke)

former name of Toronto

English habitational surname

Swedish: yorkbo (sv) c.

Derived terms

• New York
• yorker
• Yorkie
• Yorkist
• Yorks
• Yorkshire

See also

• york

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: Duke · battle · bound · #737: York · impossible · greatest · property