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York

UK/jɔːk/ US/jɔɹk/ very common slang

noun

1.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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Origin

From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix).

Phrases

  • Cape York
  • Cape York Peninsula
  • County of York
  • Duke of York
  • East York
  • New York
  • North York
  • Region of York

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