YMCA

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

YMCA

1. Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association.

Noun

YMCA (plural YMCAs)

1. A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association.

   Synonym: (informal) Y

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.

Related terms

• YWCA

Translations

Young Men's Christian Association

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基督教青年會／基督教青年会 (Jīdùjiào Qīngniánhuì)

• Estonian: NMKÜ
• Faroese: KFUM
• Finnish: NMKY (Nuorten Miesten Kristillinen Yhdistys)
• German: CVJM (de)
• Greek: ΧΑΝ (el) (ChAN)
• Slovak: YMCA (sk)

Anagrams

• Macy, cyma

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from English YMCA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimka]

Proper noun

YMCA n

1. YMCA

Further reading

• “YMCA”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024