ALL meanings of york
York
Y y - noun york a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485. 1
- noun york 1st Duke of (Edmund of Langley) 1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III). 1
- noun york Alvin Cullum [kuhl-uh m] /ˈkʌl əm/ (Show IPA), (Sergeant) 1887–1964, U.S. soldier. 1
- noun york Yorkshire (def 1). 1
- noun york Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral. 1
- noun york a city in SE Pennsylvania: meeting of the Continental Congress 1777–78. 1
- noun york an estuary in E Virginia, flowing SE into Chesapeake Bay. 40 miles (64 km) long. 1
- noun york Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia. 1
- noun york (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way. 1
- verb york to bowl or try to bowl (a batsman) by pitching the ball under or just beyond the bat 0
- noun york a historic city in NE England, in York unitary authority, North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: the military capital of Roman Britain; capital of the N archiepiscopal province of Britain since 625, with a cathedral (the Minster) begun in 1154; noted for its cycle of medieval mystery plays; unusually intact medieval walls; university (1963). Pop: 137 505 (2001) 0
- noun york a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire. Pop: 183 100 (2003 est). Area: 272 sq km (105 sq miles) 0
- noun york the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485 and was descended from Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411–60), whose claim to the throne precipitated the Wars of the Roses. His sons reigned as Edward IV and Richard III 0
- noun york Alvin C(ullum). 1887–1964, US soldier and hero of World War I 0
- noun york Duke of, full name Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany. 1763–1827, second son of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. An undistinguished commander-in-chief of the British army (1798–1809), he is the "grand old Duke of York" of the nursery rhyme 0
- noun york Prince Andrew, Duke of. born 1960, second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1986) Miss Sarah Ferguson; they divorced in 1996; their first daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988 and their second, Princess Eugenie of York, in 1990 0
- noun york name of the ruling family of England (1461-85): founded in 1385 when Edward III's son (Edmund of Langley) was created the first Duke of York 0
- noun york city in North Yorkshire, England, on the Ouse: county district pop. 99,000 0