English

Proper noun

Wye

1. A river of England and Wales, the fifth-longest in the UK.
2. A small town in Kent, England.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• wy

Noun

wye ‎(plural wyes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
2. A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

   By going around the wye, a train can change direction.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Translations

Etymology 2

Old English wiga.

Noun

wye ‎(plural wyes)

1. (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
2. (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

Anagrams

• wey
• yew