CY

"CY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "far-sighted", "sun", "a lord".

Date "CY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Specialty Definition: CY

Domain	Definition
Computing	Cy The country code for Cyprus. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Agriculture	Crop year; calendar year. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CY

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CY	Danish	Cypern	Geography
CY	Dutch	Republiek Cyprus	Geography
CY	English	Cybernetics	N/A
CY	Finnish	Kypros	Geography
CY	French	République de Chypre	Geography, Law
CY	German	Zypern	Geography
CY	Greek	Κύπρος	Geography
CY	Italian	Cipro	Geography
CY	Spanish	Chipre	Geography
CY	Swedish	Republiken Cypern	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: CY

Synonyms by domain: Company (business, industry), container yard (business), Cubic Yard (meteorology & standards), Current Yield (finance, international organizations), Cyanide (chemistry), Cybernetics (computing), cycle (electrical engineering, meteorology & standards), Cyclophosphamide (chemistry), cylinder (meteorology & standards, international organizations), Cyprus (geographygeography, law), Cyprus-ISO code (geography, meteorology & standards), Republic of Cyprus (geographygeography, law).

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Crosswords: CY

Specialty definitions using "CY": Kai-anians. (references)

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Modern Usage: CY

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CY

Domain	Title
Books	Contract Manufacturing Quarterly Update, CY 2Q01: Market Challenges Abound [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Worldwide CMS CY 2Q02 Forecast and Analysis Update, 2001-2006 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Ovide & The Gang:Will Cy Take Over (reference) Will Cy Take Over Paradise (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: CY

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Cy Seymour. Credit: Library of Congress.		Cy Young. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Cy Morgan. Credit: Library of Congress.		David Fitz-David: this rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I (and Cy). Credit: Library of Congress.
	Cy Cayne, residence on Sound View Ln., King's Point, Long Island. Boy's room I. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CY

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Bulgaria	The U.S. share in CY 2000 was 12.5 percent. (references)
	Burma	Approved FDI tripled in CY 2000, rising from $50.1 million to $152.8 million. (references)
	Ecuador	Imports from U.S. have decreased compared with those in CY 1999, with a U.S. market share of 70 percent. (references)
Political Economy	HAITI	Given the rising fiscal deficit in CY 2001 and a perceived uncertainty about the future of the economy, some observers believe the gourde may face continued depreciation in the future. (references)
Trade	Brazil	In CY 2000, OPIC-supported funds invested $ 318 million in 154 projects around the globe, with an average investment of $ 2.1 million per project. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CY

"CY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.59% of the time. "CY" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.59%	25	69,787
Unclassified Items	7.41%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	27	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: CY

"CY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "far-sighted", "sun", "a lord".

The following table summarizes names related to "CY."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Cyra	Female	N/A	Cyrus
Kyros	Male	Ancient Greek	Cyrus
Cyrus	Male	Biblical	N/A
Cy	Male	English	Cyrus
Cyrus	Male	English	N/A
Kyra	Female	English	Cyrus
Ciro	Male	Italian	Cyrus
Ciro	Male	Spanish	Cyrus
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: CY

Expressions using "CY": cy pres ♦ cy pres doctrine ♦ cy Young ♦ rule of cy pres. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "CY": cy-a, cy-pres.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cy fair isd	223	panasonic cy vmd9000u	16
cy	206	cy falls high school	13
cy young	203	cy vmd9000u	11
college cy fair	152	cy fairsports.org	11
award cy young	102	cy fair school	10
cy girl	57	baseball cy fair	10
cy fair federal credit union	51	cy em quarteto tab	9
cy twombly	49	cy fair rodeo	9
cy fair	44	cy high school springs	8
award cy winner young	43	cy visor	8
cy district fair school	40	cy stats young	8
cy winner young	38	coleman cy	7
college community cy fair	37	creek cy high school	7
cy fair independent school district	37	1996 award cy in who won young	7
award cy game has league major most pitcher winning without won young	33	curnin cy	7
cy fair credit union	29	cy fair i.s.d	7
cy fair hospital	28	cy falls	6
association cy fair sports	27	award cy nolan ryan young	6
cy fair high school	26	2000 award cy in who won young	6
cy fair sports	22	cy picture young	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: CY

Derivations
	Words beginning with "CY": cyan, cyanamid, cyanamide, cyanamides, cyanamids, cyanate, cyanates, cyanic, cyanid, cyanide, cyanided, cyanides, cyaniding, cyanids, cyanin, cyanine, cyanines, cyanins, cyanite, cyanites, cyanitic, cyano, cyanoacrylate, cyanoacrylates, cyanobacteria, cyanobacterium, cyanocobalamin, cyanocobalamine, cyanocobalamines, cyanocobalamins, cyanoethylate, cyanoethylated, cyanoethylates, cyanoethylating, cyanoethylation, cyanoethylations, cyanogen, cyanogeneses, cyanogenesis, cyanogenetic, cyanogenic, cyanogens, cyanohydrin, cyanohydrins, cyanosed, cyanoses, cyanosis, cyanotic, cyans, cybernated, cybernation. (additional references)
	Words ending with "CY": abbacy, abbotcy, aberrancy, abeyancy, absorbancy, absorbency, accountancy, accuracy, adamancy, adequacy, adjacency, adjutancy, advertency, advocacy, affluency, agency, aliteracy, antipiracy, antisecrecy, apostacy, appetency, ardency, aristocracy, articulacy, ascendancy, ascendency, astringency, attractancy, autocracy, bankruptcy, baronetcy, belligerency, benignancy, blatancy, bouncy, brevetcy, brilliancy, buoyancy, bureaucracy, cadency, candidacy, captaincy, celibacy, chancy, chaplaincy, chatoyancy, chieftaincy, chiromancy, clemency, coagency, codependency. (additional references)
	Words containing "CY": acetylsalicylate, acetylsalicylates, acyclic, acyclovir, acyclovirs, acyl, acylate, acylated, acylates, acylating, acylation, acylations, acyloin, acyloins, acyls, adipocyte, adipocytes, agranulocyte, agranulocytes, agranulocytoses, agranulocytosis, alcyonarian, alcyonarians, alicyclic, amebocyte, amebocytes, amoebocyte, amoebocytes, ancylostomiases, ancylostomiasis, anthocyan, anthocyanin, anthocyanins, anthocyans, anticyclone, anticyclones, anticyclonic, astrocyte, astrocytes, astrocytic, astrocytoma, astrocytomas, astrocytomata, athrocyte, athrocytes, bicycle, bicycled, bicycler, bicyclers, bicycles, bicyclic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "c-y"
	+1 letter: cay, coy, cry, icy.
	+2 letters: achy, acyl, cagy, caky, cavy, cays, chay, city, clay, cloy, coly, cony, copy, cory, cosy, cowy, coys, cozy, cyan, cyma, cyme, cyst, fyce, icky, lacy, pyic, racy, scry, syce, sync, wych, yack, yech, yock, yuca, yuch, yuck.
	+3 letters: acidy, acyls, cabby, caddy, cadgy, cagey, cakey, calyx, campy, candy, canny, canty, carny, carry, casky, catty, chary, chays, chevy, chewy, chivy, choky, chyle, chyme, cissy, civvy, clary, clays, cloys, coaly, cobby, cocky, colly, comfy, commy, coney, conky, cooey, cooky, cooly, corby, corky, corny, cosey, covey, cowry, coyed, coyer, coyly, coypu, cozey, crazy, crepy, crony, crypt, cubby, cuddy, cully, cuppy, curdy, curly, curry, curvy, cushy, cutey, cutty, cyano, cyans, cycad, cycas, cycle, cyclo, cyder, cylix, cymae, cymar, cymas, cymes, cymol, cynic, cysts, cyton, decay, decoy, decry, dicey, dicky, dicty, duchy, ducky, fancy, farcy, fyces, icily, itchy, jacky, juicy, kicky, kyack, lacey, lucky, lycea, lycee, lynch, lyric, lytic, mercy, mincy, mucky, nancy, ochry, octyl, pecky, picky, pocky, pricy, psych, pyric, rocky, saucy, scaly, scary, spacy, spicy, sycee, syces, synch, syncs, tacky, techy, typic, uncoy, vichy, wacky, yacht, yacks, yecch, yechs, yechy, yince, yocks, yogic, yonic, yucas, yucca, yucch, yucks, yucky, zincy.
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