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Yancheng (盐城)

Yancheng (盐城, Salt City), a prefecture-level city on the Yellow Sea coast of Jiangsu, China; largest territory and longest coastline in the province, named for its salt industry, with 2025 GDP of 804.53 billion yuan and UNESCO-listed coastal wetlands.

Yancheng Binhai power station

Yancheng Binhai power station (国电投滨海发电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Binhai County, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, with at least 4,000 MW in operation and more units planned.

Yancheng Biosphere Reserve

Yancheng Biosphere Reserve (盐城) is a 459,000 ha coastal wetland UNESCO MAB site in Jiangsu, China, designated 1992, Ramsar 2002, World Heritage 2019; largest wintering ground of the red-crowned crane on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

Yancheng LNG Terminal

Yancheng LNG Terminal, also known as the Jiangsu Binhai LNG terminal and operated by CNOOC as the "Green Energy Port," is an LNG import terminal in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, opened in 2022.

Yancheng Site

淹城遗址 (Yancheng Site), ancient Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn walled city in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu; unique three-walls-three-moats layout, 650,000 m², dugout canoes, national heritage site since 1988.

Yanchep National Park

Yanchep National Park, near Perth, Western Australia: a ~2,800 ha park with Loch McNess wetlands, limestone caves with a threatened aquatic root mat community, koala viewing, and a 1930s heritage resort precinct.

Yancoal Australia

Yancoal Australia is an Australian coal mining company, majority owned by China's Shandong Energy Group, with mines in New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia producing export coal.

Yancong

Yancong (彦琮, 557–610) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Sui dynasty who organized state-sponsored scripture translation and wrote the Bian zheng lun on translation theory.

Yancy Butler

Yancy Butler (born 1970, New York City) is an American actress known for Witchblade (2000–2002), Hard Target (1993), Drop Zone (1994), and the Kick-Ass films; daughter of Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler.

Yancy Medeiros

Yancy Medeiros, "The Kid", Hawaiian MMA fighter from Makaha; UFC lightweight and welterweight (2013-2021), best known for TKO wins over Erick Silva and Alex Oliveira, later Bellator.

Yandao City Site

严道城址 (Yandao City Site), Han-era county-seat ruins 1.5 km west of Yingjing, Sichuan; square main city 400x375 m plus sub-city, rammed-earth walls, Qin county founded 316 BC, sixth-batch national heritage site 2006.

Yandell Henderson

Yandell Henderson (1873–1944) was an American physiologist at Yale who applied cardiorespiratory physiology to resuscitation, aviation medicine, mine safety, and air pollution, inventing the H and H inhalator in 1922.

Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!

Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World! (ちょっとだけ愛が重いダークエルフが異世界から追いかけてきた), a seinen reverse-isekai rom-com manga by Nakanosora based on his doujinshi; serialized on Web Comic Gamma Plus 2021-2025, five volumes, English via Seven Seas Ghost Ship, 12-episode Elias anime streamed on Hidive from April 2025.

Yandere Simulator

Yandere Simulator is a stealth action game by YandereDev (Alex Mahan), in development since March 31, 2014, in which schoolgirl Ayano Aishi eliminates rivals for Senpai (Taro Yamada); built in Unity, PC-only, first rival Osana released 2020.

Yandex (Яндекс)

Yandex (Яндекс), founded by Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich in 2000, is a Russian technology company famous for its search engine and machine-learning services like ride-hailing and e-commerce.

Yandex Browser (Яндекс Браузер)

Yandex Browser (Яндекс Браузер) is a freeware web browser developed by the Russian company Yandex, based on Chromium and first announced on October 1, 2012, for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Yandex Disk (Яндекс.Диск)

Yandex Disk (Яндекс.Диск) is a cloud storage service operated by the Russian company Yandex, launched in 2012, offering file syncing, sharing, and paid plans up to 5 TB.

Yandex Music (Яндекс Музыка)

Yandex Music (Яндекс Музыка) is a Russian music streaming service run by Yandex, described in 2020 as the largest in Russia. Launched in 2010, it runs on a Yandex Plus subscription.

Yandex Search

Yandex Search is the web search engine of the Russian technology company Yandex, launched in 1997, leading Russian search with about 70% of queries and generating AI answers since 2026.

Yandex Taxi (Яндекс Такси)

Yandex Taxi (Яндекс Такси) is a Russian ride-hailing service launched by Yandex in 2011 that matches passengers with cars from partner taxi companies through the Yandex Go app, holding over 94% of Russian taxi aggregation.

Yandex Translate

Yandex Translate (Яндекс Переводчик) is an online machine translation service by the Russian technology company Yandex, launched in 2011 to translate text, web pages, speech, and images.

YandexGPT

YandexGPT is a family of large language models developed by Yandex, first launched in May 2023 to power the Alice virtual assistant, Yandex Search, and other products.

YanDong Microelectronics (燕东微电子)

YanDong Microelectronics (燕东微电子) is a state-controlled semiconductor manufacturer in Beijing, founded in 1987 and listed on the STAR Market since 2022, making power devices, analog ICs, and specialty foundry services.

Yandro Quintana

Yandro Quintana (Yandro Miguel Quintana Rivalta, born 1980) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist at 60 kg, 2003 and 2005 world silver medalist, two-time Pan American Games champion, later head of women's wrestling at India's Inspire Institute of Sport.

Yandy Díaz

Yandy Díaz, Cuban-born MLB infielder and designated hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays (formerly Cleveland), 2023 AL batting champion at .330, two-time All-Star and Silver Slugger, career .291 hitter through 2026.

Yanfa Yan

Yanfa Yan is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Toledo known for his research on perovskite solar cells and solar water splitting for hydrogen.

Yanfeng

Yanfeng, formally Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co. Ltd., is a Shanghai-based Chinese automotive supplier owned by SAIC Motor, making vehicle interiors, seating, and cockpit electronics for automakers worldwide.

Yanfu Investments

Yanfu Investments (衍复投资) is a Shanghai-based quantitative hedge fund manager founded in 2019 by Gao Kang, a former Two Sigma researcher, focused on index enhancement.

YANG

YANG is a data modeling language for network configuration and state data, used with NETCONF and RESTCONF and first specified in RFC 6020 in 2010.

Yang Bing-yi

Yang Bing-yi (杨秉彝), born Yang Ming-hsing, was a Taiwanese restaurateur who founded Din Tai Fung in Taipei in 1958 and built it into a global dumpling chain.