Eye

See also: eye, ẹyẹ, and əyə

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: ay, aye, eye, I

Etymology 1

From Old English īeġ (“island”).

Proper noun

Eye

  1. A place name:
    1. A large village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF2202). [1]
    2. A small village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4963).
    3. A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1473). [2]
    4. A short river in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which joins the River Dikler.
    5. A river in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which becomes the River Wreake.
    6. A former unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Eye

  1. (UK, colloquial, "the Eye") the comedic magazine Private Eye.
  2. (UK, "the Eye") The London Eye, a tourist attraction in London.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
  2. ^ Parish map (Suffolk)

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