YanhunameA district of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
YaniknameA surname from Turkish.
YanjinameA county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.
YanjinnameA county of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
YanjingnameAn ancient city located within present-day Beijing, the capital of Ji and Yan.
yanknounA sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
yankedverbsimple past and past participle of yank
YankeenounA native or inhabitant of some part of the United States:
Yankee cheesenounAn early form of cheese made by New Englanders, resembling cheddar.
Yankee cheese-boxnounThe USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
Yankee DoodlenameA song or nursery rhyme about colonial Americans, later adopted as a patriotic song of the United States.
Yankee ingenuitynounImprovisational design or problem-solving, dealing with low availability of replacement parts and materials.
YankeedomnounThe region inhabited by Yankees.
YankeeismnounAn American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
YankeelandnameAlternative spelling of Yankee land.
YankeesenounThe American dialect of English.
YankeetownnameA town in Levy County, Florida, United States.
yankernounSomeone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
YankifyverbTo render (someone or something) American.
YankismnounA word or phrase originating from or specific to American English.
YankophilenounA non-American who loves or admires the United States.
YankophilicadjFond of or admiring the United States or American culture.
YankspeaknounThe English language as spoken by Americans.
Yankton CountynameOne of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Yankton.
YankunytjatjaranounAn Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia.
YanliangnameA district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
YanlingnameA county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
YannicknameA male given name from French.
yannointjPronunciation spelling of you know, representing US English.
YannynameA unisex given name.
yanomamitenounAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, indium, and oxygen.
YanomamonounA member of an Indian people of Venezuela and Brazil.
YanosnameA surname from Spanish.
YanpingnameA district of Nanping, Fujian, China.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter Y contains 2,763 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 56 pages, and you are currently viewing page 9. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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