Yandex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A search engine owned by the company of the same name.
verb
  1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Yandex search engine.

Pronunciation

/ˈjan.dɛks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yandex.wav

Word forms

Yandex Yandexes Yandexing Yandexed

Etymology

The name initially stood for “Yet Another iNDEXer”. The Russian word я (ja) corresponds to the English personal pronoun “I”, making Яndex a bilingual pun on index.

Synonyms

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