a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
1st Duke of Edmund of Langley, 1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III).
Alvin Cullum Sergeant, 1887–1964, U.S. soldier.
Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
a city in SE Pennsylvania: meeting of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
an estuary in E Virginia, flowing SE into Chesapeake Bay. 40 miles (64 km) long.
Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia.
the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485 and was descended from Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411–60), whose claim to the throne precipitated the Wars of the Roses. His sons reigned as Edward IV and Richard III
Alvin C ( ullum ). 1887–1964, US soldier and hero of World War I
Duke of , full name Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany . 1763–1827, second son of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. An undistinguished commander-in-chief of the British army (1798–1809), he is the "grand old Duke of York" of the nursery rhyme
Prince Andrew, Duke of. born 1960, second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1986) Miss Sarah Ferguson; they divorced in 1996; their first daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988 and their second, Princess Eugenie of York, in 1990
Latin name: Eboracum. a historic city in NE England, in York unitary authority, North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: the military capital of Roman Britain; capital of the N archiepiscopal province of Britain since 625, with a cathedral (the Minster) begun in 1154; noted for its cycle of medieval mystery plays; unusually intact medieval walls; university (1963). Pop: 137 505 (2001)
a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire. Pop: 183 100 (2003 est). Area: 272 sq km (105 sq miles)
a cape in NE Australia, in Queensland at the N tip of the Cape York Peninsula, extending into the Torres Strait: the northernmost point of Australia
C19: back formation from yorker
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But as New York Times data analyst Nate Cohn pointed out in an unexpectedly positive analysis, while the polls in 2018 were close throughout the race, O’Rourke was never ahead.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The rise of remote work has seriously stymied younger workers’ efforts to launch a career, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
But I had an experience recently in New York where this table of girls, they were having some party, and someone said, “Oh, you mean a lot to us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Every summer, New York fans were sure that this was the year LeBron James or Kevin Durant would move to Manhattan and finally carry the Knicks into the 21st century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
We made the tour of the United States, and came back to New York where Mrs. Underhill left us.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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