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Wyke vs Wye - What's the difference?

wyke | wye |

As a noun wyke

is .

As a proper noun wye is

a river of england and wales, the fifth-longest in the uk.

wyke

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    wye

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wy

    Etymology 1

    Attested as wi'' c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ''ui'' or ''gui.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
    • By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
    See also
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) wiga .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
  • (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

    • Anagrams

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