Sy
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"
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Sy
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of Seyfert galaxy., a type of AGN class of active galaxy.
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Sy
- Alternative form of Si
Etymology 2 edit
From Philippine Spanish Sy, from Philippine Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.
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- (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈsi/
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Sy
- A Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]
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Sy
- a surname
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sȳ
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Etymology edit
From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si)[1] or 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Siy, See, Sze, and Shi.
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Sy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]
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- ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 310/288; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN