YORK


Meaning of YORK in English

I

City (pop., 2001: 150,255), southeastern Ontario, Canada.

With the cities of Toronto , Etobicoke , Scarborough , and North York and the borough of East York , it forms part of the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. Occupying an area of 9 sq mi (23 sq km), York was established in 1967 through the amalgamation of the former township of York and the town of Weston. The original York township was formed in 1793.

II

ancient Eboracum

City and unitary authority (pop., 2001: 181,131), geographic county of North Yorkshire , historic county of Yorkshire , England.

Located at the confluence of the Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor in York in AD 306. It was conquered by the Danes in 867. York suffered severely in the Norman conquest of northern England in the 11th century. During the Middle Ages it was a prosperous wool-trading town and the performance site of the York plays . It has a manufacturing economy and a tourist industry fostered by its medieval sites.

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New York Zoological Park

East York

New York Central Railroad

New York City

New York City Ballet

New York Daily News

New York Public Library

New York school

New York Stock Exchange

New York Times The

New York State University of

New York

North York

Wilfrid of York

York plays

York University

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York Cape

York house of

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