Wye

/waɪ/name
Elementary
1

A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.

2

A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.

3

A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.

4

A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

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Alliteration

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Consonance

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