Wye
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English
Etymology
From Brythonic; compare Welsh Gwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggest Old English wæg (“wave”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wye
- 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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References
- ^ Bosworth, Joseph A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon Language (1838)