nyc
/naɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of New York City: a city in New York, United States.
name
adj
Example Sentences
- "Co-owner Peter Ryan learned his craft in the bagelries of NYC, and most of his bosses weren't Jewish either, so he has no qualms about offering such un[-]kosher concoctions as ham and Swiss with mayo and sprouts on a whole-wheat bagel."
- "For some DSA grandees, like NYC chapter co-chair Bianca Cunningham, socialism means a planned economy that replaces market capitalism."
- "1999: bertvc, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): CROWNIN MS.BERT --KWEEN UV DUH MAY, the 13ᵗʰ day of May at 7 o’clock a.m. An efun tho da weather is nycer now there is still lotsa strays dat need fud."
- "2000: katkrazy>, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): OH NO! Bathed!, the 15ᵗʰ day of April at 7 o’clock a.m. Thu EERS is owers, an yu must haffa nycest wun, kos yuse myne speshal gurl…"
- "2010: Rohit Agarwal, Hospitality & Public Relations (Google group): Great Work!, the 8ᵗʰ day of January at 9:09am gud abhay… hahahah… nyc one… :P"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /naɪs/