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Gy

American  

abbreviation

  1. Physics. gray.


gy British  

abbreviation

  1. Guyana

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shwe Gy Thun Phyo, 14, has suffered from a brain injury, and has bloodshot eyes.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2025

My husband at the time was very connected with show business and worked with Bob Clark, who was writing with the show’s creator, Gy Waldron.

From Fox News Apr. 13, 2019

Such a dose is enough to prevent or reduce the growth of many microorganisms, but about 10,000 Gy is needed to kill salmonella, and even more is needed to kill fungi.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Current licensing allows up to 1000 Gy to be applied to fresh fruits and vegetables, called a low dose in food irradiation.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

The Gy seated herself on one of the divans, and I placed myself at her side.

From The Coming Race by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Every ten years mankind's ener gy demands double.

From Time Magazine Archive

The three said their “All” just as in the Philadelphia sign-board, but the farmer answered:— “Of gy vecht, of gy bidt, of gy pleyt, Ik bin de boer die de eyeren layt.”

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

In the song quoted above one finds also:— p. 107Dewe reffa sowia an eglez ni, Ha an prounterian da eze et an gy, God save our churches and the good parsons that are in them. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry

C or cz is pronounced as English ts; cs as English ch; ds as English j; zs as French j; gy as dy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

He was ready to concede that a network was more alive than a hammer, but he could not bring himself to carry the analo- gy any further yet.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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