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You en · PRON · etymology 1

Etymology

Capitalization of you.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, honorific) Honorific alternative letter-case form of you, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
   alt of sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context
   alt of you

Coordinates

He

Synonyms

Thou

You en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From irregular, Wade–Giles, and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciations of various Chinese characters, including 余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚 /鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁 /渔 (yú), 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於 /于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛 /娱, 娱, 茹, 幽 (Yōu).

Meanings

1. (countable) A surname from Chinese
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A former prefecture of China.
3. (Chinese, countable, uncountable) Synonym of Youzhou, one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend.

Forms

Synonyms

one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend · Yu · Youzhou