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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
A unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The station code of Yau Tong in Hong Kong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
A person of the New Orleans, Louisiana area who speaks with a Yat accent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the phrase "where y'at?" (“how are you?”, literally “where are you at?”).
From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ).
Spelling variant.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
