KY

KY

See also: -ký, .ky, ky, ký, and Ky.

Translingual

Etymology

Chosen because other options were already in use by other countries.

Symbol

KY

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Cayman Islands.

   Synonym: CYM (alpha-3)

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English

Proper noun

KY

1. Abbreviation of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America.

Anagrams

• YK

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Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese K(ケー)Y(ワイ) (kēwai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēiwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄟ ㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: KY
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄟ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keiwài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻei¹-wai⁴
    • Yale: kēi-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keiway
    • Palladius: кэйвай (kɛjvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

KY

1. (neologism, Internet slang) to be unable to read the room

Related terms

• 讀空氣／读空气 (dú kōngqì)

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaje/

Noun

KY (first-person possessive KYku, second-person possessive KYmu, third-person possessive KYnya)

1. (government) initialism of komisi yudisial (“judicial commission”).

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Japanese

Adjective

K(ケー)Y(ワイ) • (kēwai) 

1. kūki yomenai (空気よめない); (unable to read social cues)