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English word York comes from Latin vicus, Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, Breton *Eborākom, and later Old English Eoforwic (York.)

vicus (Latin)

Municipal section or ward, farm. Street; quarter, neighbourhood; row of houses. Village; hamlet.

*Eborākom (Proto-Celtic)

*Eborākom (Breton)

Eboracum (Latin)

Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.. York.

Eoforwīċ (Old English)

wīc (Old English)

Eoforwic (Old English)

York.

Jórk (Old Norse)

Ȝork (Middle English)

York (English)

A city in North Yorkshire, England.. A coastal town in Sierra Leone.. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.. A community in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.. A former municipality in Toronto, Canada.. A habitational surname​ from the city or the county; See also Yorke.. A neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.. A town in the Shire of York, Western Australia.. [...]

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