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yat

yat noun: a vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use. Also the alternative spelling of yatt.

Noun (1)

yat (plural yats)

  1. A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
  2. The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yat

Yat

  1. A unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.
    • The most distinctive local variety is Yat, called by one observer 'the Cockney of New Orleans'.1996, Thomas Burns McArthur, Roshan McArthur, The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN
    • Traces of New Orleans' old Yat dialect are still heard around town. Apart from city-specific expressions, Yat sounds an awful lot like the traditional Brooklyn accent, and it reflects the same Irish, Italian and German roots.2006, Lonely Planet New Orleans

Noun (2) capitalized: Yat

Yat (plural Yats)

  1. A person of the New Orleans, Louisiana area who speaks with a Yat accent.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: YAT

YAT

  1. The station code of Yau Tong in Hong Kong.

Also used as

yat is also the alternative spelling of yatt.

Forms of yat

pluralyats
alternative formjat
pluralYats

Origin of yat

From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ).

Spelling variant.

From the phrase "where y'at?" (“how are you?”, literally “where are you at?”).

Phrases with yat

Questions about yat

What does yat mean?
Yat means a vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use.
What part of speech is yat?
Yat can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of yat?
The plural of yat is yats.

Words near yat in the dictionary

  1. Yasuko
  2. Yasuo
  3. Yasushi
  4. Yasutoshi
  5. Yasynuvata
  6. yat
  7. yataalii
  8. yatagan
  9. yatagans
  10. yataghan
  11. yataghans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yat (page history and authors); Yat (page history and authors); YAT (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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