| Definitions | York
proper noun
- A city in North Yorkshire, England.
- The w:House of York, House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century w:Wars of the Roses, Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from w:Edmund of Langley, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
- Former name (before 1834) of Toronto.
- An English habitational surname from the city or the county; See also Yorke.
Translations: Etymology: From Jórvík "horse-bay", adaptation of Eoforwic, EoforwÄÄ "boar-town", itself a folk-etymological alteration of Eboracum, from (Brythonic.) Celtic , from efrawg "yew-tree" (compare Welsh efwr, Breton evor).
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verb
- (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
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