The word "Heworth" is spelled phonetically as /ˈhjuːwərθ/ . It is a place name in England located in the city of York. The word is pronounced with two syllables, the first syllable pronounced as "hew" like the verb meaning to cut with an axe, and the second syllable pronounced as "orth" like the word for north but with an "o" instead of the "n". The spelling of the word reflects the Anglo-Saxon origin of the place name.