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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA river in Powys and Monmouthshire, Wales, that empties into the Severn at Newport. · A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on this river (OS grid ref SO3700).
From Middle Welsh Wÿsk (modern Welsh Wysg), from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Axe.
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