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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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