Wye may refer to:
Place names
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Wye, Kent, a village in Kent, England
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Wye College
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The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, commonly known as Wye College, was an education and research institution in the village of Wye ...
, agricultural college, part of University of London before closure in 2009
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Wye School, serving the above village
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Wye railway station
Wye railway station serves Wye in Kent, England, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.
History
The first plan for a station near Wye was in 1812, when John Rennie the E ...
, serving the above village
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Wye Racecourse, former horse racing venue
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RAF Wye, former aerodrome near the above village
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Wye, Montana, a town in Missoula County, Montana, US
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Wye, South Australia, a town in South Australia, Australia
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Wye River (plantation), was the home of William Paca, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
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Wye River, Victoria, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia
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Wye Marsh, a wetland area on the south shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada
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Wye Road, Strathcona County, Alberta
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Wye House, a large Southern frame plantation house in Talbot County, Maryland
*Wye, a fictional province in Isaac Asimov's
''Foundation'' series
Rivers
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River Wye, the major river, flowing through both Wales and England, rising on Plynlimon to the River Severn
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Wye Valley
The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; cy, Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales.
The River Wye ( cy, Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in th ...
, the scenic area around the lower part of the river
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Wye Valley Walk, a footpath or hiking trail in Wales and England
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Wye Valley Brewery, in Herefordshire, England
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River Wye, Derbyshire
The River Wye is a limestone river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It is 22 miles long (widely but incorrectly attributed as 15 miles/24 km, which refers to the section within the National Park), and is one of the major tribut ...
, a river flowing from Axe Edge Moor, Buxton to the River Derwent
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River Wye, Buckinghamshire, a river flowing from the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire to Bourne End where it meets the River Thames
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Wye River (New Zealand)
Wye River is a minor river in the northeast of the South Island of New Zealand. It feeds into the Wairau River.
A single lane Truss Bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of ...
, a minor river in the South Island of New Zealand
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Wye River (Maryland), in Maryland, US
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Wye River (Tasmania), a
river of Tasmania, Australia
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Wye River (Victoria), Australia
Other uses
* The letter
Y
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Wye (rail)
In railroad structures, and rail terminology, a wye (like the'' 'Y' ''glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just "triangle") is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each co ...
, a term used in North American railroading equivalent to an English railway triangle
* Wye ("Y"), a
fitting for piping and plumbing
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Wye River Memorandum, a series of accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed at Wye River in Maryland
*A "wye" connection (from "Y") in electrical engineering, a type of
three-phase power connection
* A
directional T interchange
In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, usi ...
(or "wye interchange" or "Y interchange") between two or more roads or highways
* Wye, a powerful sector on the capital planet of
Trantor
The Galactic Empire is an interstellar empire featured in Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'', ''Galactic Empire'', and '' Foundation'' series. The Empire is spread across the Milky Way galaxy and consists of almost 25 million planets settled exclusively b ...
in Isaac Asimov's novel, ''Prelude to Foundation''
See also
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Wye station (disambiguation)
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Why (disambiguation)
Why may refer to:
* Causality, a consequential relationship between two events
* Reason (argument), a premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose
* Grounding (metaphysics), a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in ...
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Y (disambiguation)
Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Y or y may also refer to:
Places
* Y, Alaska, US
* Y, Somme, France
* Y (river), a river in northern Russia
* Postal code Y indicating Yukon (see List of Y postal codes of Canada)
Art, enter ...
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