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Yim

Yim proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Yim (plural Yims)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Yim

pluralYims

Origin of Yim

Borrowed from Cantonese 嚴 /严 (jim⁴) or Cantonese 閻 /阎 (jim⁴).

Words formed from Yim

Questions about Yim

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

Words near Yim in the dictionary

  1. yilling
  2. yills
  3. Yilmaz
  4. yilt
  5. yilts
  6. Yim
  7. Yim-Ebbin syndrome
  8. Yima
  9. yimakh shemo
  10. yimby
  11. YIMBYism

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