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• ya
  ya

  pronoun

  you.
• yā
  yā

  noun

  the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• YA
  YA

  abbreviation

  young adult.

ya

¹ American  

[yuh] / jə /

pronoun

Informal.

1. you.

   Give me a hand, will ya?

2. your.

   Where's ya brother?

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ya ² American  

[yah] / jɑ /

interjection

Informal.

1. a variant of yeah.

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yā ³ American  

[yah] / jɑ /

noun

1. the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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YA ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. young adult.

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Etymology

Origin of ya¹

First recorded in 1820–25; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of you and your in continuous rapid speech

Origin of yā³

From Arabic

Example Sentences

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ya YA

The exhibition "Hkeeli ya Jnoub", or "Tell me, O South", features pictures and videos preserving the memory of southern Lebanon at the capital's Beit Beirut museum.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

A man jumped on the stage, grabbed the microphone and led the plaza in a thunderous victory chant, “¡Coreano, hermano, ya eres mexicano!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Still, if you were hoping for a stirring redemption speech from the podium, a little I told ya so, Darnold didn’t indulge it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

One activist wore a Donald Trump mask and held a sign that read: "It's capitalism, ya eejits".

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

“I gotta tell ya, the thought did cross my mind as I was lying there on the ground,” he admits.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Netflix on Friday launched a new hub for YA content that includes several hundred titles of original or licensed movies and shows about the coming-of-age stories of young adults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Some particularly graphic scenes make this morbid epic more appropriate for adults, but Mr. Kraus’s gruesome sensibilities had always been an awkward fit for YA readers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

YA fiction is still thriving but is overwhelmingly the domain of adult women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Mark Oppenheimer: Judy is the one who says that it’s not YA.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

In the YA section, some kids from school were playing on the computers, and they pointed and giggled when they saw Jonah being paraded around, his arm trapped in the librarian’s grip.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix