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Roy

name
/ˈɹoɪ̯/

Etymology

From various sources: * Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. * Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. * Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.

  1. borrowed from রায়
  2. derived from *h₁rewdʰ-✻
  3. derived from *roudos✻
  4. derived from rúad
  5. derived from ruadh — “red, red-haired”
  6. derived from *h₃rḗǵs✻
  7. derived from rex
  8. derived from roi
  9. derived from roy — “king”

Definitions

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

  2. A surname.

  3. A number of places in the United States

    A number of places in the United States:

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A ghost town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

    2. A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland.

    3. A king.

    4. Royal.

      • For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.

    5. Initialism of run of year.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA