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Yeats
yayts
Yeats (name) means a surname, most famously borne by the Irish poet and playwright W. B. Yeats. Example: “Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.”
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A surname, most famously borne by the Irish poet and playwright W. B. Yeats.
"Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923."
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Yeatses plural
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Etymology
Alternative spelling of Yates.
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What does “Yeats” mean?
The word “Yeats” means a surname, most famously borne by the Irish poet and playwright W. B. Yeats.
How do you pronounce “Yeats”?
“Yeats” is pronounced yayts (/jeɪts/ in IPA).
How do you use “Yeats” in a sentence?
Here is “Yeats” used in a sentence: “Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.”
What part of speech is “Yeats”?
“Yeats” is a name.
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