Wye

See also: wye

English

Etymology

From Brythonic; compare Welsh Gwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggest Old English wæg (“wave”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /waɪ/
  • Homophone: Y

Proper noun

Wye

  1. A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
  2. A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
  3. A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
  4. A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).

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References
  1. Bosworth, Joseph A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon Language (1838)

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