wy

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/waɪ/

noun

The name of the letter Y.

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Meanings

wy1

nounwy (plural wies)

plural wies · alternative wye

  1. The name of the letter Y.

    The names of the letters, as now commonly spoken and written in English, are A, Bee, Cee, Dee, E, Eff, Gee, Aitch, I, Jay, Kay, Ell, Em, En, O, Pee, Kue, Ar, Ess, Tee, U, Vee, Double-u, Ex, Wy, Zee.

    1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10

WY2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismpostalInitialism of Wyoming: a state of the United States.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of West Yorkshire: a county of England.

Wy3

nounWy (plural Wies)

plural Wies

  1. Alternative letter-case form of wy.
Cite this entry
APA

wy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wy

MLA

“wy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wy.

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