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ky

ky is the alternative form of kye.

ky is the alternative form of kiloyear.

Meaning of kye

Noun (1)

kye (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Cocoa (the drink).
    • […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.2009, John Roberts, Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy

Noun (2)

kye (plural kyes)

  1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

See all 3 meanings of kye

Meaning of kiloyear

Noun

kiloyear (plural kiloyears)

  1. Synonym of millennium: A period of one thousand years.
    • Holonyms: terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

Noun capitalized: Ky

Ky (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kyanite.
    • (A) Plane-polarized light and (B) back-scattered electron (BSE) images. The pseudomorph (Crd) is made up of Grt + Qtz + Ky rodlets + micas flakes (mainly biotite, Bt).2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ky

Ky

  1. A short form of the female given names Kylie, Kylee, or Kyleigh, used as a nickname and/or as a form that is not overtly feminine.
    • However, its latest challenger, the 'aged' filter is growing in popularity with 6.9 million videos shared by users. And of course, with such a celebrity like Ky [Kylie Jenner] jumping on the social media trend, we only expect this number to grow.2023 July 12, Lia Mappoura, “Kylie Jenner shows how she will age with shocking TikTok beauty filter”, in Cosmopolitan

Proper noun (2) capitalized: KY

KY

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Kentucky: a state of the United States.

Origin of ky

Abbreviation.

Clipping of Kylie, Kylee, or Kyleigh.

Words that rhyme with ky

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Questions about ky

What does ky mean?
Ky means a short form of the female given names Kylie, Kylee, or Kyleigh, used as a nickname and/or as a form that is not overtly feminine.
What is ky the alternative form of?
Ky is the alternative form of kye.
What part of speech is ky?
Ky can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ky in the dictionary

  1. Kwun Tong
  2. kwyjibo
  3. kwyjibos
  4. KX
  5. Kx'a
  6. ky
  7. Ky.
  8. kya
  9. kyaa
  10. kyabajo
  11. kyabakura

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ky (page history and authors); Ky (page history and authors); KY (page history and authors); kye (page history and authors); kiloyear (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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