huey

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Huey, applied by extension to all helicopters, during the Vietnam War.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

huey (plural hueys)

  1. (US, slang, dated) A helicopter.

Anagrams[edit]

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

huēy (inanimate)

  1. Alternative spelling of huēyi

References[edit]

  • James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 218
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