Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

n. y.

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables
n. y.
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

NY (alternative) N.Y. (alternative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does n. y. mean?
Initialism of New York: a state of the United States.

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