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   Yamoussukro
         n 1: capital of the Ivory Coast

English Dictionary: Yankee corn by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yankee corn
n
  1. corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
    Synonym(s): flint corn, flint maize, Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yenisei-Samoyed
n
  1. the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian [syn: Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
youngish
adj
  1. somewhat young
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
      country; as, Japan ware.
  
      {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
            ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina
            allspice.
  
      {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
            varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
            naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
            called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply
            {Japan}.
  
      {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or
            Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
            borneol or Borneo camphor.
  
      {Japan clover}, [or] {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
            ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for
            fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
            1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
            was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}.
           
  
      {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}.
  
      {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
            when dry.
  
      {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
            the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the
            poison sumac.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yankee \Yan"kee\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
  
               The alertness of the Yankee aspect.         --Hawthorne.
  
      {Yankee clover}. (Bot.) See {Japan clover}, under {Japan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yankeeism \Yan"kee*ism\, n.
      A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Young \Young\ (y[ucr]ng), a. [Compar. {Younger}
      (y[ucr][nsm]"g[etil]r); superl. {Youngest} (-g[ecr]st).] [OE.
      yung, yong, [yogh]ong, [yogh]ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries.
      iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. &
      Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L.
      juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva[cced]a, juvan. [root]281. Cf.
      {Junior}, {Juniper}, {Juvenile}, {Younker}, {Youth}.]
      1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet
            arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old;
            juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young
            man; a young fawn.
  
                     For he so young and tender was of age. --Chaucer.
  
                     [bd]Whom the gods love, die young,[b8] has been too
                     long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live
                     young forever.                                    --Mrs. H. H.
                                                                              Jackson.
  
      2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young
            plant; a young tree.
  
                     While the fears of the people were young. --De Foe.
  
      3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed;
            ignorant; weak.
  
                     Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in
                     this.                                                --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Youngish \Young"ish\, a.
      Somewhat young. --Tatler.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Yancey County, NC (county, FIPS 199)
      Location: 35.90268 N, 82.31001 W
      Population (1990): 15419 (7994 housing units)
      Area: 809.2 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
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