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GY

GY is the initialism of galley yarn.

GY is the initialism of galactic year.

Meaning of galley yarn

Noun

galley yarn (plural galley yarns)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A hoaxing story.
    Synonyms:
    GY

Meaning of galactic year

Noun

galactic year (plural galactic years)

  1. The time taken for the Solar System to orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, estimated to be from 225 to 250 million years.
    Synonyms:
    cosmic year
  2. (broadly) The time taken for a celestial body to complete a quasi-orbit in a galaxy.

Symbol capitalized: Gy

Gy

  1. (symbol) Symbol for gray(s), a unit of absorbed dose.
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of Gyr (“gigayear(s)”).

Forms of GY

pluralGYs

Questions about GY

What is GY the initialism of?
GY is the initialism of galley yarn.
What part of speech is GY?
GY is a symbol.

Words near GY in the dictionary

  1. Gwyrfai
  2. Gwyther
  3. Gwythers
  4. gx
  5. GxE
  6. GY
  7. Gy. Sgt.
  8. Gy. Sgts.
  9. gya
  10. gyabrag
  11. gyaho

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: GY (page history and authors); Gy (page history and authors); galley yarn (page history and authors); galactic year (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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