Яндекс

Russian

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjandəks] (phonetic respelling: Я́ндэкс)
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Proper noun

Я́ндекс • (Jándeks) m inan (genitive Я́ндекса)

  1. Yandex (Russian Internet company)
  2. (computing) Yandex (the largest search engine in Russia and which popularized the company of the same name)

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