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yates

/jeɪts/

yates is the plural of yate.

Meaning of yate

Noun

yate (plural yates)

  1. Any of several species of Eucalyptus.

See all 2 meanings of yate

Proper noun capitalized: Yates

Yates

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in McLean County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Lake County, Michigan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Shelby Charter Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Wibaux County, Montana.
  7. A town in Orleans County, New York.
  8. A former community in Taylor County, West Virginia, now under water.

Origin of yates

From the Old English surname, from yate, obsolete form of gate.

Words formed from yates

Words that rhyme with yates

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Questions about yates

What does yates mean?
Yates means a surname.
What is yates the plural of?
Yates is the plural of yate.
What part of speech is yates?
Yates is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yates?
Yates is pronounced /jeɪts/.

Words near yates in the dictionary

  1. yatch
  2. Yatchaw
  3. yatches
  4. yate
  5. Yateley
  6. yates
  7. Yates Center
  8. Yates County
  9. Yatesbury
  10. yatga
  11. yatgas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yates (page history and authors); Yates (page history and authors); yate (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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