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York

York

See also: york

English

Proper noun

York

A city in North Yorkshire, England.
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.
Former name of Toronto (used before 1834).
A habitational surname from the city or the county; See also Yorke.

Translations

city in North Yorkshire

Armenian: Յորք ‎(Yorkʿ)
Bulgarian: Йорк m ‎(Jork)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約克 (zh) ‎(Yuēkè)
Esperanto: Jorko
French: York (fr) m
Georgian: იორკი ‎(iorḳi)
German: York (de) n
Greek: Υόρκη (el) n ‎(Yórki)
Icelandic: Jórvík f
Irish: Eabhrac m
Japanese: ヨーク ‎(yōku)
Korean: 요크 ‎(yokeu)
Latin: Eboracum n

Latvian: Jorka f
Lithuanian: Jorkas m
Macedonian: Јорк m ‎(Jórk)
Marathi: यॉर्क n ‎(yǒrka)
Old English: Eoforwīċ n, f
Old Norse: Jórvík f
Portuguese: Iorque
Russian: Йорк (ru) m ‎(Jork)
Spanish: York (es) m
Ukrainian: Йорк m ‎(Jork)
Welsh: Caerefrog f
Yiddish: יאָרק ‎(york)

House of York

Esperanto: Jorko
Greek: Γιορκ n ‎(Giork)
Japanese: ヨーク家 ‎(yōku ke)

Marathi: यॉर्क n ‎(yǒrka)
Portuguese: Iorque

former name of Toronto

English habitational surname

Swedish: yorkbo c

Derived terms

Derived terms

New York
Vale of York
yorker
Yorkie

See also

york

Statistics

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

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Proper noun

York ?

York

york

york

See also: York

English

Verb

york ‎(third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

(cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

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