Yeo
Yeo is a Chinese, English, and Korean surname.
Origins
As an English surname, Yeo is a toponymic surname meaning "river", either for people who lived near one of the Rivers Yeo, or any river in general. The word comes from Old English , via sou ...
is a surname. Yeo or YEO may also refer to:
Rivers
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Barnstaple Yeo
The Barnstaple Yeo, also known as the River Yeo, is a tributary of the River Taw, which enters the Taw at Barnstaple in Devon, England. It is one of several rivers of the same name, including another tributary of the Taw, the Lapford Yeo.
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, a tributary of the River Taw in Devon, UK
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Cheddar Yeo
The Cheddar Yeo is a small river in Somerset, England. Beneath the limestone of the Mendip Hills it forms the largest underground river system in Britain. After emerging into Cheddar Gorge it flows through the village of Cheddar, where it has be ...
, a tributary of the River Axe in Somerset, UK
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Congresbury Yeo
The River Yeo (often referred to as the Congresbury Yeo, after the village of Congresbury, through which it flows, to avoid confusion with other similarly named rivers) is a river which flows through North Somerset, England.
River course
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, a tributary of the Severn Estuary in Somerset, UK
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Land Yeo, a tributary of the Bristol Channel in Somerset, UK
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Lapford Yeo, a tributary of the River Taw in Devon, UK
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Lox Yeo
The Lox Yeo is a short river in North Somerset, England. It rises at Winscombe and flows south west for about to join the River Axe near Loxton.
The river flows through a gap in the Mendip Hills between Crook Peak and Bleadon Hill, through ...
, a tributary of the River Axe in Somerset, UK
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Mark Yeo
The Mark Yeo is a short river or rhyne in north Somerset, England. It starts near Mark on the Somerset Levels and flows north for about under the M5 motorway to join the River Axe near Loxton. It provided a link between the Axe and the River ...
, a tributary of the River Axe in Somerset, UK
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River Yeo, Molland
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
, a tributary to the River Mole in Devon, UK
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River Yeo (South Somerset), a river in Somerset, UK, and which joins the River Parrett near Langport
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River Yeo (tributary of the Creedy)
The River Yeo is a tributary to the River Creedy. It is located in Devon, England, and its headwaters float within two miles of a different River Yeo, which is a tributary to River Taw.
It is a popular location for fly fishing, with the Cred ...
in Devon, UK
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River Yeo (tributary of the Torridge) in Devon, UK
Places
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Yeo Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Yeo Lake
Yeo Lake is an ephemeral salt lake in the south of Western Australia, lying in the Great Victoria Desert east of Cosmo Newberry. The Anne Beadell Highway runs along its southern margin, and the Great Central Road lies further to its north. Its su ...
, Western Australia, Australia
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Yeo Yeo, New South Wales, Australia
Companies and organisations
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Yeo Hiap Seng, an investment holding company commonly known as Yeo's
* YEO, the original name for the non-profit
Entrepreneurs' Organization
Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) is a global non-profit organization formerly known as Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO). The organization was founded in 1987.
History
In 1987, 22 young entrepreneurs created an organization and what w ...
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Yeo Valley Organic, a dairy business based in Somerset, UK
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Yeo Valley Rap
"Yeo Valley Rap" is an advertising campaign for the family-owned farming and dairy company, Yeo Valley Organic by the "Yeo Valley Boyz", which features Mr George and Lisa Roxanne. The advert was produced by Boi-1da and the lyrics were written by M ...
", a song from an advertisement by Yeo Valley Organic that entered the UK music charts in 2010
Transport
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Yeo (locomotive), a British narrow gauge railway locomotive built in 1897
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Yeo Mill railway station
The Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR) was a cross-country line that connected Barnstaple in Devon, England, to the network of the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) near Taunton. It was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873 and closed in 1966. ...
, a former railway station in Devon, UK
* YEO, the IATA code for
RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), a Royal Navy airfield in Somerset, UK
* YEO, the National Rail code for
Yeoford railway station in Devon, UK
See also
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