York

  1. Proper noun.  A city in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. Proper noun.  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.
  3. Proper noun.  Former name (before 1834) of Toronto.
  4. Proper noun.  (surname, habitational) from the city or the county; See also Yorke.
  5. Verb.  (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

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