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young women's christian association

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
young -wom-en's chris-tian as-so-ci-a-tion
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations. See also the similar organizations Young Men's Christian Association and YMHA .

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What does young women's christian association mean?
An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations. See also the similar organizations Young Men's Christian Association and YMHA .

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