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York

  [yawrk]
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–noun
1. a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
2. 1st Duke of (Edmund of Langley), 1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III).
3. Alvin Cul⋅lum  [kuhl-uhm] (Sergeant), 1887–1964, U.S. soldier.
4. Yorkshire (def. 1).
5. Ancient, Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral. 102,700.
6. a city in SE Pennsylvania: meeting of the Continental Congress 1777–78. 44,619.
7. an estuary in E Virginia, flowing SE into Chesapeake Bay. 40 mi. (64 km) long.
8. Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia.
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York⋅shire

  [yawrk-sheer, -sher]
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1. Also called York, Yorks  [yawrks] . a former county in N England, now part of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
2. one of an English breed of white hogs having erect ears.
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York 1  
Ruling house of England (1461-1485), including Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. During the Wars of the Roses its symbol was a white rose.
York'ist adj. & n.
York 2   (yôrk)   

  1. A borough of northern England on the Ouse River east-northeast of Leeds. Originally a Celtic settlement, it was later held by Romans, Angles, Danes, and Normans. Population: 137,000.

  2. A city of southern Pennsylvania south-southeast of Harrisburg. Settled in 1735, it was the meeting place of the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 during the British occupation of Philadelphia. Population: 40,500.

York, Alvin Cullum Known as "Sergeant York." 1887-1964.  
American World War I hero famed for his single-handed attack on a German post.
York, Cape  

  1. The northernmost point of Australia, on Torres Strait at the tip of Cape York Peninsula.

  2. A cape of northwest Greenland in northern Baffin Bay.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
york [jork]

  1. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : He ate the stuff, then went straight out and yorked.
  2. n.
    vomit. : Hey, Jimmy! Come out in the snow and see the frozen york!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

York 
city in n. England, O.E. Eoforwic, earlier Eborakon (c.150), an ancient Celtic name, probably meaning "Yew-Tree Estate," but Eburos may also be a personal name. Yorkshire pudding is recorded from 1747; Yorkshire terrier first attested 1872; short form Yorkie is from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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