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Jay
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jay
English
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Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒeɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jay.wav Southern England
en eɪ 1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
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en countable en English nicknames from en fro jai jay bird, a nickname for a chatty or showy person.en surnames from Old French
en male surnames.
A placename.
en hamlet par/Leintwardine co/Herefordshire cc/England ; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area OS grid ref SO3974.en eponyms
en locale c/US.
en town co/Santa Rosa County s/Florida ; named for postmaster J. T. Nowling.
en town co/Franklin County s/Maine ; named for American statesman and Founding Father John Jay.
en town co/Essex County s/New York ; named for John Jay.
en city/county seat co/Delaware County s/Oklahoma ; named for Jay Washburn, nephew of Cherokee leader Stand Watie.
en town on the Canadian border in co/Orleans County s/Vermont ; named for John Jay.
en twp co/Martin County s/Minnesota.
en twp co/Elk County s/Pennsylvania.
en former settlement s/California.
Alternative forms
en Jaye surname
Derived terms
en Jay County Jayton
Etymology 2
Proper noun
s
en male James,Jacob,Jack,John,Jason, or for any other name beginning with ⟨J⟩; also used as a formal given name.
en Chris Lau and Sara Smart ‘That could’ve been us,’ say father and son who pulled out of doomed Titan trip out of safety concerns w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/americas/father-son-give-up-seats-titan-intl-hnk/index.html 2023-06-24 “I started to think about it. He’s coming in on a two-seater experimental plane to pitch me to go on a five-seater experimental sub that he has built down to the ocean floor to see the Titanic,” Jay said. https://web.archive.org/web/20230729070021/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/americas/father-son-give-up-seats-titan-intl-hnk/index.html
en Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/politics/dark-money-fga-ashcroft-invs/index.html 2024-03-17 When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms. https://web.archive.org/web/20240718002423/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/politics/dark-money-fga-ashcroft-invs/index.html
en female.
en 1947 Alpha Delta Pi The Adelphean 40 2 102 To Lt. and Mrs. John Ellingston (Beth Vollstedt), a daughter, Jay Karen, on September 17, 1945.
en 2007 Gráinne Smith Families, Carers and Professionals: Building Constructive Conversations In 1993, my daughter Jay returned home aged 21 after a disastrous marriage.
en 2010 Ray Thompson Fires Within 206 Within a few weeks, having endured a number of lengthy interviews, Jay found herself working in the Beijing office of the bureau of information.
Derived terms
en Jay and Silent Bob Jay Gatsby Jayoncé
See also
en J
en J.
en Jaye
Etymology 3
en hi जय victory.
Proper noun
s
en India en male Hindi.
Etymology 4
Noun
en jay.