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Yoyo.
n.  the name of a chimp born in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Entebbe, Uganda.


yoyo.
v.  to go up and down, as the yo-yo toy.

<Do not let security audit logs yoyo in size.  —Jay Ramachandran, Designing Security Architecture Solutions.>

v.  to swing back and forth, as the yo-yo toy.

<You yoyo between friends, lovers, parents, relatives, student squats, public libraries, park benches, jail.  —Stella Hyde, Darkside Zodiac.>

Yoyoi.
n.  a well in the Darfur region of Sudan.


Yoyou.
n.  a populated place in Burkina Faso.


yu.
interj.  the Chinese expression for “whoops!” as discussed in Hear! Here! by Michele Slung.


Yu.
n.  a brook crossing Chengguan town, China.



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