"Generation Y" meaning in All languages combined

See Generation Y on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Using Y as the letter that follows X, as in Generation X. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Generation Y}} Generation Y
  1. The generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), following Generation X. Categories (topical): Age, Collectives, Millennials, Sociology Synonyms: Generation Next, millennials Translations (generation of people born in the 1980s and 1990s): generació Y [feminine] (Catalan), Y世代 (Wài Shìdài, Wāi Shìdài) (Chinese Mandarin), Y-sukupolvi (Finnish), génération Y [feminine] (French), xeración Y [feminine] (Galician), Y generáció (Hungarian), geração Y [feminine] (Portuguese), generación Y [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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