nyc

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NYC^¹

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of New York City: a city in New York, United States. Co-owner Peter Ryan learned his craft in the bagelries of NYC, and most of his bosses weren't Jewish either, so he has no qualms about offering such un[-]kosher concoctions as ham and Swiss with mayo and sprouts on a whole-wheat bagel.
Philippines, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Youth Commission

nyc^²

/naɪs/ UK

Sounds like nice · Rhymes with -aɪs

Where it comes from

A shortened spelling of nice; y often represents ī (as distinct from i = ĭ) in spellings of this kind.

adjective nycer · nycest

nonstandard nice 1999: bertvc, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): CROWNIN MS.BERT --KWEEN UV DUH MAY, the 13ᵗʰ day of May at 7 o’clock a.m. An efun tho da weather is nycer now there is still lotsa strays dat need fud.

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Closest in meaning: city, congress, cny, wpp, nonstandard, n.s.g., nstd, nonstandart, noncustomary, nonspecial, noncanadian, nonnormable, unnice, n.i.e., nonfancy, nonbad

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name New York City

Русский	г. Нью-Йо́рк g. Nʹju-Jórk

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@misc{nyc_2026,
  title = {nyc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nyc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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