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Rye.

A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).

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  1. A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).

  2. A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750).

  3. A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.

  4. A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

  5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York.

  12. A number of places in the United States: A large town in Westchester County, New York.

  13. A coastal suburb in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

  14. A surname.

  15. A nickname of the given name Ryan.

Where this word comes from

* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”). * As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord. * The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.

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