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IJ

  • /eɪ/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪ

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(lake):

Borrowed from Dutch IJ.

noun IJs · Y

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of immigration judge

proper noun Y

  1. A lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Velsen, a considerable Roman garrison, was not far away; moreover, for centuries the windy IJ formed part of the northern border of the Roman Empire.

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@misc{ij_2026,
  title = {IJ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ij},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}