SY
/saɪ/
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Philippines/ˈsi/
SY is the initialism of steam yacht.
SY is the initialism of sailing yacht.
SY is the initialism of school year.
SY is the clipping of Syrian Jew.
Meaning of steam yacht
Noun
steam yacht (plural steam yachts)
- A class of luxury or commercial yacht with primary or secondary steam propulsion in addition to the sails usually carried by yachts.
Meaning of sailing yacht
Noun
sailing yacht (plural sailing yachts)
- A leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion.
Noun capitalized: Sy
Sy
- Abbreviation of Seyfert galaxy, a type of AGN class of active galaxy.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sy
Sy
- Alternative form of Si.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sy
Sy
- A Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish
Forms of SY
| plural | SYs |
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Origin of SY
From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.
Words that rhyme with SY
Questions about SY
- What does SY mean?
- SY means a Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish.
- What is SY the initialism of?
- SY is the initialism of steam yacht.
- What part of speech is SY?
- SY can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce SY?
- SY is pronounced /saɪ/.
- What is the plural of SY?
- The plural of SY is SYs.
Words near SY in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: SY (page history and authors); Sy (page history and authors); steam yacht (page history and authors); sailing yacht (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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