Definition: Sometimes confused with yes when answering a question; can be written with a question mark, i.e. y? to avoid confusion. Example
Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has repeatedly called US Ambassador Joseph Y. Yun in the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur in a vain attempt to get the United States Attorney Preet Baharara for the Southern District of New York to call off his investigation into financial dealings involving the scandal-ridden 1Malaysia ...
Yahya Jammeh. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who ruled over the Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chair of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), and latterly as President of the Gambia. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group.