Yin

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the romanization of various Chinese characters.

Proper noun[edit]

Yin (plural Yins)

  1. A surname.
Statistics[edit]
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Yin is the 5324th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6548 individuals. Yin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.97%) individuals.

Etymology 2[edit]

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A borrowing of Chinese 陰山／阴山 (Yīnshān)

Proper noun[edit]

Yin

  1. A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Mandarin 殷 (Yīn).

Proper noun[edit]

Yin

  1. (historical) an alternative name for the Shang dynasty

Anagrams[edit]

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