Rye (England)

Rye

Rye city (1990 pop. 14,936), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on Long Island Sound; settled 1660, inc. as a city 1942. It is chiefly residential, with a cancer-research center, a hardware and locks manufacturing company, and several corporate offices. In colonial times, Rye was the first stop on the Boston Post Road after New York City. The old Square House, an inn where many Revolutionary notables stayed, is now a museum. Playland, a large county-owned amusement park, is on the beach there. Chief Justice John Jay is buried in Rye.

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Rye town (1991 pop. 4,127), East Sussex, SE England, on the Rother River. It is a tourist resort and small port with boatbuilding and netmaking industries. Rye was one of the "ancient towns" added to the Cinque Ports . It had a thriving trade in the 17th cent. but decayed after the recession of the sea early in the 19th cent. There are remains of an ancient friary, a large Norman and Early English church, the 12th-century Ypres Tower, and the Thomas Peacocke school (1636). The dramatist John Fletcher was born in Rye.

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Rye, Australia, Denmark, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Ria ‘(Place) at the Island’ from the Old English iēg ‘island’; the initial R comes from the Middle English atter ‘at the’.2. USA (New York): settled in 1660 and named after the Rye in England.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rye." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Rye

Rye E. Sussex. Ria 1130. ‘(Place at) the island or dry ground in marsh’. OE īeg, with initial R- from ME atter ‘at the’.

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Rye

Rye (river) N. Yorks., see Rievaulx.

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