roman name for the city of york?

Answer 1

Etymology of 'York'
The place where the city now is was originally named by the Celts as Eborakon, which may mean "place of yew trees". The name of the Yew is Efrawg in Brythonic, Efwr in Welsh, Iobhar in Irish Gaelic, Iorc in Scottish Gaelic, Evor in Breton . The Gaulic equivalent Eburos is the basis for toponyms as far as Eburobrittium (Évora) among the Lusitani, or Ebura in Hispania Baetica, for the Celtiberian gens of the Eburanci or peoples like the Eburones or Eburovices in Gaul [1]. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources, as Eboracum and Eburacum, with the ending -acum Latinized instead of -acon in celtic.

After 400, Anglo-Saxons took over the area and adapted the name by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc, which means "wild-boar town". The Proto-Germanic form of Old English eofor is *eburaz. York became Northumbria's centre of power later on. The Vikings, who took over the area later, in turn adapted the name by folk etymology to Norse Jórvík meaning "horse bay", like a town in Bohuslän at the time. This was reduced to York in the centuries after the Norman Conquest.

Answer 2

The Roman name for the British town of York was Cataractonium.

Answer 3

Eboracum

Answer 4

Eboracum

Answer 5

Eboracum

Answer 6

here is a site with a list for all the names in the UK:

http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/hist/romaname.html
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hope this helped. have a wonderful evening

Answer 7

Eburacum, or indeed Eboracum. Either spelling is allowed.

Answer 8

Don't listen to all that rubbish above, it's just a corruption of Ee-by-goom!