wye

wye

 (wī)

n.

1. The letter y.

2. An object shaped like a Y.

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Wye

(waɪ)

n

(Placename) a river in E Wales and W England, rising in Powys and flowing southeast into Herefordshire, then south to the Severn estuary. Length: 210 km (130 miles)

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wye

(waɪ)

n., pl. wyes.

the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.

[1855–60; a sp. of the letter name]

Wye

(waɪ)

n.

a river flowing from central Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 130 mi. (210 km) long.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wye - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet y Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

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Translations

ypsilon

ípsilon