York

York
[[t]yɔrk[/t]]
n.
1) why a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485
2) big 1st Duke of (Edmund of Langley), 1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III)
3) big Alvin Cullum (Sergeant), 1887–1964, U.S. soldier
4) geg
Yorkshire 1)
5) geg
Ancient, Eboracum a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain. 104,000.
6) geg a city in SE Pennsylvania: meeting of the Continental Congress 1777–78. 44,619
7) geg an estuary in E Virginia, flowing SE into Chesapeake Bay. 40 mi. (64 km) long
8) geg Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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