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View Name: York


YORK
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: YORK   [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname, which was derived from York, the name of a city in northern England. The city name was originally Eburacon, meaning "yew" in Brythonic, but it was altered by association with Old English Eoforwic, meaning "pig farm".
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