WYE

Y, wye

(noun) the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Wye

A river in England, and Wales, the fifth-longest in the UK.

A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.

A village in Kent, England.

Anagrams

• Wey, wey, yew

Etymology 1

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ui or gui. However Old Irish had a glyph, a u with an i underneath it, and pronounced wye.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

The name of the Latin-script letter Y.

A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

Synonym: triangle

Etymology 2

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

(poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.

(poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

Anagrams

• Wey, wey, yew

Source: Wiktionary


Wye, n.; pl. Wyes (.

1. The letter Y.

2. A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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