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Yamoussoukro
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proper noun
  1. The official capital of Cí´te d'Ivoire.
Yap
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proper noun
  1. An atoll in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.
Yarmouth
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proper noun
  1. A town on the Isle of Wight, England
  2. A town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada
yarrow
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noun
  1. any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea, used sparingly in cooking
Yellowknife
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proper noun
  1. Capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Yellowstone
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proper noun
  1. A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
  2. A nickname for the 2-8-8-4 train configuration.
Yemen
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proper noun
  1. Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen.
Yerevan
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proper noun
  1. The capital of Armenia.
Yokohama
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proper noun
  1. a city in Honshu, Japan
Yonne
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proper noun
  1. One of the départements of Bourgogne, France
  2. A river of France, see w:Yonne River
York
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proper noun
  1. A city in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. The w:House of York, House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century w:Wars of the Roses, Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from w:Edmund of Langley, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
  3. Former name (before 1834) of Toronto.
  4. An English habitational surname from the city or the county; See also Yorke.
Yorkshire
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noun
  1. (informal) Shorter name for Yorkshire pudding.
proper noun
  1. A former large county of north-east England; originally divided into three ridings, since 1974 divided into four administrative counties.
Ypres
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proper noun
  1. A municipality in Flanders, Belgium
Yugoslavia
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proper noun
  1. Former country on the Balkan Peninsula. In addition to Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Croatia were also part of the Yugoslav Federation prior to the 1990s.
Yukon
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proper noun
  1. Yukon Territory
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