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yance

yance adverb: once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly).

Adverb

yance (not comparable)

  1. (Northern-English, dialectal) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)
    Synonyms:
    once

Synonyms of yance

Origin of yance

From yan, itself from the Old English ān.

Questions about yance

What does yance mean?
Yance means once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly).
What part of speech is yance?
Yance is an adverb.

Words near yance in the dictionary

  1. Yanans
  2. Yanaon
  3. yanas
  4. Yanbian
  5. YANBU
  6. yance
  7. Yancey
  8. Yancey County
  9. Yanceys
  10. Yanceyville
  11. Yanchang

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