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York

The ancient cathedral city of York has a history dating back over 2000 years. Romans, Saxons, Vikings, and Britons from all eras have each left their mark.
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  • Type: City with 137,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Eburācum”, “Jorvik”, “Jórvík”, and “York City Centre”
  • Historically known as: “Aebura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include York Minster and Yorkshire Museum.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, , England.

Museum
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The is a museum in York, England. It was opened in 1830, and has five permanent collections, covering biology, geology, archaeology, numismatics and astronomy.

Museum
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is a and visitor attraction in York, England, containing lifelike mannequins and life-size dioramas depicting Viking life in the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifton and Heworth.

Suburb
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is a suburb of York in the unitary authority area of the , in , England about 1+1⁄2 miles from the city centre. The A19, passes north out of York through .

Suburb
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is part of the city of York in , England, about 1 mile north-east of the centre. No longer in general referred to as a village, "Heworth Village" is now the name of a specific road.

Suburb
is a suburb of York in the ceremonial county of , England. It is located about 1 mile west of Micklegate Bar in the city walls. is also the name of an electoral ward in the unitary authority.

York

Latitude
53.9591° or 53° 57′ 33″ north
Longitude
-1.0815° or 1° 4′ 54″ west
Population
137,000
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
IATA airport code
QQY
Open location code
9C5WXW59+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20913294
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2633352
Wiki­data ID
Q42462
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“York” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “York”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἐβόρακον”
  • Arabic: “يورك”
  • Aragonese: “York”
  • Armenian: “Յորք”
  • Asturian: “York”
  • Azerbaijani: “York”
  • Balinese: “York”
  • Basque: “York”
  • Belarusian: “Ёрк”
  • Bengali: “ইয়র্ক”
  • Breton: “Eboracum”
  • Breton: “Evrog / York”
  • Breton: “York”
  • Bulgarian: “Еборакум”
  • Bulgarian: “Йорк”
  • Catalan: “Eboracum”
  • Catalan: “York”
  • Cebuano: “York (kapital sa kondado sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “York”
  • Central Kurdish: “یۆرک”
  • Chinese: “York”
  • Chinese: “伊布拉坎”
  • Chinese: “約克”
  • Chinese: “約克市”
  • Chinese: “约克”
  • Chuvash: “Йорк”
  • Cornish: “Evrek”
  • Croatian: “York”
  • Czech: “York”
  • Danish: “York”
  • Dimli (individual language): “York”
  • Dutch: “City of York”
  • Dutch: “York”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يورك”
  • Esperanto: “Jorko”
  • Esperanto: “York”
  • Estonian: “City of York”
  • Estonian: “York”
  • Faroese: “York”
  • Finnish: “Eboracum”
  • Finnish: “Eburacum”
  • Finnish: “Jorvik”
  • Finnish: “York”
  • French: “York”
  • Galician: “York”
  • Georgian: “იორკი”
  • German: “York (England)”
  • German: “York”
  • Gothic: “𐌹𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺”
  • Greek: “Γιορκ”
  • Greek: “Υόρκη, Αγγλία”
  • Greek: “Υόρκη”
  • Gujarati: “યોર્ક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “York”
  • Hebrew: “אבורקום”
  • Hebrew: “יורק”
  • Hindi: “यॉर्क”
  • Hungarian: “York”
  • Icelandic: “Jórvík”
  • Icelandic: “York”
  • Ido: “York”
  • Indonesian: “York”
  • Interlingua: “York”
  • Irish: “Eabhrac”
  • Italian: “City of York”
  • Italian: “Eboraco”
  • Italian: “Jorwick”
  • Italian: “York”
  • Japanese: “ヨーク”
  • Japanese: “ヨーク市”
  • Kannada: “ಯಾರ್ಕ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “York”
  • Kazakh: “Йорк”
  • Kirghiz: “Йорк”
  • Korean: “요크”
  • Kurdish: “York”
  • Ladin: “York”
  • Latin: “Eboracum”
  • Latin: “Eburacum”
  • Latin: “Urovicum”
  • Latvian: “Jorka”
  • Latvian: “York”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “York”
  • Lithuanian: “Jorkas”
  • Lithuanian: “York”
  • Lombard: “York”
  • Luxembourgish: “York”
  • Macedonian: “Јорк”
  • Malay: “York”
  • Manipuri: “ꯌꯣꯔ꯭ꯛ (ꯃꯌꯣꯜꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ)”
  • Manipuri: “ꯌꯣꯔ꯭ꯛ”
  • Maori: “Ioka”
  • Marathi: “यॉर्क”
  • Mazanderani: “یورک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “York”
  • Narom: “Everoui”
  • Narom: “Évèroui”
  • Narom: “Éverouic”
  • Narom: “York”
  • Northern Frisian: “York”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “York”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “York”
  • Norwegian: “York”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “York”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Yòrk”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eoforwic”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eoforwīc”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eoforwicceaster”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eoforwīcceastre”
  • Old Norse: “Jórvík”
  • Ossetian: “Йорк”
  • Persian: “یورک”
  • Piemontese: “York”
  • Polish: “Eboracum”
  • Polish: “Eborakum”
  • Polish: “Jork”
  • Polish: “Jorwik”
  • Polish: “York”
  • Portuguese: “Eburacum”
  • Portuguese: “Iorque”
  • Portuguese: “York”
  • Quechua: “York”
  • Romanian: “York”
  • Russian: “Йорк”
  • Russian: “Эборак”
  • Scots: “York”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eabhraig”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iorc”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ìorc”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “York”
  • Serbian: “Jork”
  • Serbian: “York”
  • Serbian: “Јорк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “City of York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jork”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “York”
  • Sicilian: “York”
  • Silesian: “York”
  • Sinhala: “යෝක්”
  • Slovak: “York”
  • Slovenian: “York”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یورک”
  • Spanish: “Jorvik”
  • Spanish: “Jórvík”
  • Spanish: “York Inglaterra”
  • Spanish: “York”
  • Swahili: “York”
  • Swedish: “Eboracum”
  • Swedish: “Eoforwic”
  • Swedish: “Jorvik”
  • Swedish: “York (grevskapshuvudort i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “York”
  • Swiss German: “York”
  • Tagalog: “York”
  • Tamil: “யார்க்”
  • Tamil: “யொர்க்”
  • Tamil: “யோர்க்”
  • Tatar: “York”
  • Tatar: “Йорк”
  • Telugu: “యార్క్”
  • Thai: “York”
  • Thai: “ยอร์ก”
  • Thai: “ยอร์ค”
  • Tosk Albanian: “York”
  • Turkish: “York”
  • Ukrainian: “Йорк”
  • Urdu: “یورک”
  • Uzbek: “York (shahar)”
  • Uzbek: “York”
  • Venetian: “York”
  • Vietnamese: “York”
  • Volapük: “York”
  • Võro: “York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “York”
  • Welsh: “Caer Efrog”
  • Welsh: “Caerefrog”
  • Welsh: “Efrog”
  • Welsh: “York”
  • Western Frisian: “York”
  • Western Panjabi: “یارک”
  • Wu Chinese: “约克”
  • Yiddish: “יארק”
  • Yue Chinese: “約克”
  • “York”

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