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“Y” Words

Very tasty; delicious.

A surname found in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Khmer.

A female given name used in both Korea and Japan.

An informal way of saying yes.

A young, ambitious professional with a well-paid job and an affluent, status-conscious lifestyle, especially in a city.

A diminutive form of the Russian or Ukrainian male name Yuri.

A Russian male given name, the equivalent of "George."

A Japanese female given name.

A round, portable tent with straight walls and a cone-shaped roof, traditionally used by nomadic peoples of Central Asia and Mongolia.

Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.

A male given name from Arabic, the Islamic form of the name Joseph, also referring to the prophet of that name.

A female given name.

A foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.

A French male given name.

A French female given name that became popular in English in the nineteenth century.

A French female given name, in regular use in English since the twentieth century.

Short for "you're welcome", written in reply to thanks.