There are no native Russian words that begin with {{angbr|ы}} (except for the specific verb {{lang|ru|ыкать}}: "to say the {{angbr|ы}}-sound"), but there are many proper and common nouns of non-Russian origin (including some geographical names in [[Russia]]) that begin with it: [[Kim Jong-un]] ({{lang|ru|Ким Чен Ын}}) and [[Eulji Mundeok]] ({{lang|ru|Ыльчи Мундок}}), a Korean military leader; and [[Ytyk-Kyuyol]] ({{lang|ru|Ытык-Кюёль}}), [[Ygyatta]] ({{lang|ru|Ыгыатта}}), a village and a river in [[Sakha|Sakha (Yakutia) Republic]] respectively. With an acute ({{acute|Ы}} {{acute|ы}}) it may be used to represent stress.