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Yancey

Yancey proper noun: a surname. Also the ellipsis of Yancey County.

Proper noun

Yancey (countable and uncountable, plural Yanceys)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

Yancey is also the ellipsis of Yancey County.

Forms of Yancey

pluralYanceys

Words formed from Yancey

Questions about Yancey

What does Yancey mean?
Yancey means a surname.
What part of speech is Yancey?
Yancey is a proper noun.

Words near Yancey in the dictionary

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

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