FromBrythonic; compareWelshGwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggestOld Englishwæg(“wave”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):/waɪ/
• Homophone:Y

Wye

1. A river inWales andEngland, includingPowys,Herefordshire,Monmouthshire andGloucestershire, the fifth-longest in theUK.
2. A river in thePeak District ofDerbyshire,England, which flows into the RiverDerwent.
3. A river inBuckinghamshire,England, which joins theThames atBourne End.
4. A village inWye with Hinxhill parish,Ashford borough,Kent,England(OS grid ref TR0546).

• Wey,wey,yew