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yate

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈjeɪt/

1

name

Meaning 1

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Obsolete form of gate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several species of Eucalyptus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).

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