# Usk

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #75,533

## Definitions
1. A river in Powys and Monmouthshire, Wales, that empties into the Severn at Newport.
2. A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on this river (OS grid ref SO3700).

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/usk