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york

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1. york - Verb

2. York - Proper noun

Meaning

A town in York County, Maine.

A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.

A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.


york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

(cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.


york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

(slang) To vomit.

A placename
A town in the Shire of York, Western Australia.

A coastal town in Sierra Leone.

A place in the United Kingdom:
A city and unitary authority in North Yorkshire, England.

A hamlet in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7033).

A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A regional municipality of Ontario, Canada
Synonyms: Region of York, York Region

A former municipality of Toronto, Canada.

Former name of Toronto. (used before 1834): A city in Ontario, Canada.

Places in the United States of America:
A city in Sumter County, Alabama.

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of York County, Nebraska.

A town in Livingston County, New York.

A tiny city in Benson County, North Dakota.

An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio.

A city, the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania.

A city, the county seat of York County, South Carolina.

A small town in Dane County, Wisconsin.

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under York Township.

Ellipsis of York County.

The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.

A habitational surname from Old English from the city or the county; See also Yorke.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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“10th lowest for California, 39 states had higher voter turnout, 12th lowest for New York, 37 states had a higher voter turnout” Source: Internet

A 37-year-old man, Grafton Thomas, was charged with stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey, an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City. Source: Internet

”9-11 was supposed to be the darkest day in New York for a generation,” said New York state’s governor Andrew Cuomo during one of … Source: Internet

A 30-year-old construction worker in New York City who became so delusional that he imagined his cousin was going to murder him. Source: Internet

A 9-1 road trip through Boston, Toronto and New York before returning home to play the Blue Jays was helpful. Source: Internet

A 1909 book, The Wayfarer in New York, uses the term, but without quotes, suggesting it's a metaphor, not a nickname. Source: Internet

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