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Uy

Uy is the alternative form of uey.

Meaning of uey

Noun

uey (plural ueys)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of U-turn.
    • “Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, US: Franklin Watts, page 280
    Synonyms:
    U-turn

Proper noun (1)

Uy

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Proper noun (2)

Uy

  1. (Philippines) A surname from Hokkien

Forms of Uy

Noun
pluralUies
Proper noun
alternative formWee
alternative formNg
alternative formOoi
alternative formOey
alternative formOei

Origin of Uy

Derived from Khmer អ៊ុយ (ʼuy).

Derived from Hokkien 黃 /黄 (Ûiⁿ), via Spanish Uy.

Questions about Uy

What does Uy mean?
Uy means a surname from Khmer.
What is Uy the alternative form of?
Uy is the alternative form of uey.
What part of speech is Uy?
Uy is a proper noun.

Words near Uy in the dictionary

  1. uxoriousness
  2. uxorophobia
  3. uxory
  4. UXOs
  5. uxter
  6. Uy
  7. Uyeda
  8. Uyedas
  9. Uyehara
  10. Uyeharas
  11. uyezd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Uy (page history and authors); uey (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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