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Wye.

A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.

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Meaning & usage

name/waɪ/
  1. A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.

  2. A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.

  3. A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.

  4. A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).

Where this word comes from

From Brythonic; compare Welsh Gwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggest Old English wæg (“wave”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.