Wye
See also: wye
English
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Etymology
editFrom Brythonic; compare Welsh Gwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggest Old English wæg (“wave”).[1]
Pronunciation
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editWye
- A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
- A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
- A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
- A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).
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edit- ^ Bosworth, Joseph A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon Language (1838)
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