York
English
/jɔɹk/, /jɔːk/
proper noun
Definitions
- (city and unitary authority in North Yorkshire).
- (hamlet in Ribble Valley) OS grid ref SD7033.
- (neighbourhood in Edmonton).
- (former municipality in Toronto).
- Toronto used before 1834.
- (community in Haldimand County).
- (community in Queens County).
- (coastal town in Sierra Leone).
- Places in the United States of America:
- The of House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century of the Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
- from the city or the county; See also Yorke.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English York derived from Old Norse Jórk derived from Old English Eoforwīċ (York) derived from Latin Eborācum (York) derived from Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, *eburos (yew, yew-tree, id).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*eburos
Gloss
yew, yew-tree, id
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ebor English
- New York English
- Yorkie English
- Yorkish English
- Yorkism English
- Yorkist English
- Yorkshire English
- Yorkshireman English
- Yorkshireness English
- Yorkshirewoman English
- Yorkstone English
- Yorkton English
- Yorkville English
- shire English
- stone English
- Ebora Latin
- Eboracum Latin
- Eborācum Latin
- eboracensis Latin
- noveboracensis Latin
- York Italian
- Йоркшир Russian
- *teur Proto-Indo-European
- yorkshire Portuguese
- ヨーク Japanese
- ヨークシャー Japanese
- ヨーク家 Japanese
- Eoforwic Old English
- Eoforwicscir Old English
- Eoforwīċ Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Everwik Middle English
- York Middle English
- Yorkshire Middle English
- Eabhrac Irish
- Jórk Old Norse
- Jórvík Old Norse
- يوركشاير Arabic
- York Catalan, Valencian
- Υόρκη Greek (modern)
- Efrog Welsh
- efwr Welsh
- Ebhroc Old Irish
- ibar Old Irish
- Yorch Middle French
- იორკშირი Georgian
- *Eborākom Proto-Celtic
- *eburos Proto-Celtic
- 約克 Chinese
- Nuwio̧o̧k Marshallese
- evor Breton
- *Eborakon Proto-Brythonic
- Caer Ebrauc Old Welsh