"YMCA" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav [Canada]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} YMCA
  1. Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Young Men's Christian Association Categories (topical): Dances, Organizations
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-name-M-7zpeX5 Disambiguation of Dances: 46 25 29 Disambiguation of Organizations: 72 16 12 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 13 36

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav [Canada] Forms: YMCAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} YMCA (plural YMCAs)
  1. A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association. Synonyms: Y [informal] Translations (Young Men's Christian Association): 基督教青年會 (Chinese Mandarin), 基督教青年会 (Jīdùjiào Qīngniánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), NMKÜ (Estonian), KFUM (Faroese), NMKY (Nuorten Miesten Kristillinen Yhdistys) (Finnish), CVJM (German), ΧΑΝ (ChAN) (Greek), YMCA (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-noun-VFYGovtX Disambiguation of "Young Men's Christian Association": 99 1
  2. (preceded by definite article) A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A.
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-noun-j0xxyulq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: YWCA

Proper name [Slovak]

IPA: [ˈimka]
Etymology: Derived from English YMCA. Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|sk|en|YMCA|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English YMCA, {{der+|sk|en|YMCA}} Derived from English YMCA Head templates: {{sk-proper noun|n}} YMCA n
  1. YMCA Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-YMCA-sk-name-nrpmR25W Categories (other): Slovak entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for YMCA meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

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