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WY

WY

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Two-letter postal code for the US state Wyoming
  • noun
  • US
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  • And just last week, I was in Jackson, WY and listened to Bob Smith, who's the leading authority on seismic mapping right now.
  • Laramie, WY
  • Cheyenne, WY
  • WY 82071

And he was in Cheyenne, WY and his first name was Walt.

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Examples

  • I had just got my PhD, moved from Laramie, WY to San Francisco.

  • Well, at least I do not live in Laramie, WY anymore.

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  • On Monday, a girl went missing from Cody, WY, 60 miles from me.

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  • And he was in Cheyenne, WY and his first name was Walt.

  • Rock Springs, WY, is a Category 4 airport that likely only does 4-6 regional flights a day.

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  • If you want low average rent, try Cheyenne, WY, or Bumfukt, Mississippi.

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  • An area I'm interested in is Dubois, WY, the town near where I grew up, and also Moran, WY.

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  • Natrona County, home of Casper, WY, is representative of a large set of Republican-dominated small metropolitan areas.

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  • My next stop was in Cody, WY, for The Cody Stampede Rodeo.

  • The famous rodeo takes place every summer in Cheyenne, WY.

Synonyms

Wyoming
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A state in the western United States with mountains and wide plains

is the two letter postal code rather than the full state name
Wyo.
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  • US
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A short form for the state Wyoming in the United States

is the official two letter postal abbreviation used without punctuation

Surface Forms

WY singular

Etymology

WY is the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state of Wyoming, whose name comes from a Native American word that meant 'at the big plain'. So WY simply stands for that state and its wide, open lands.