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🏢 A community center 👩‍🤝‍👩 A women's group
YWCA

YWCA

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A local centre that offers classes, rooms, and community activities for women
  • noun
  • /ˌwaɪˌdʌbəljuːˌsiːˈeɪ/
: YWCA
  • The local YWCA offers a variety of community activities, including fitness classes and workshops.

And the campus YWCA always made a trip.

Examples

  • Some cottagers complained and provided funds to build a YMCA and a YWCA.

    Academic text (1993)

  • And the campus YWCA always made a trip.

    Stanford

  • Well, I know that there are YWCAs.

    Smother (2008)

  • Purse Auction fundraiser benefits local YWCA.

    Blog text (19)

  • Her work also included supervisory responsibilities in cities where African American YWCAs had been established.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The work of institutions and organizations—the settlement house, the YMCAs and YWCAs, continuing education units, training in business.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Many women find support and resources at their local YWCA, especially during difficult times.

  • The YWCA hosts an annual fundraiser to raise money for programs supporting women in the community.

Surface Forms

YWCA singular
YWCAs plural

Morphology

YWCA = young + women + Christian + association (opaque) = Y + W + C + A

YWCA is an initialism formed from the full name; the individual letters do not convey the meaning unless the expansion is known.

Etymology

YWCA is an abbreviation of Young Women's Christian Association, so its name shows who it serves. A YWCA is often the local center or building where 'young women' can find classes, rooms, and community activities.