In German orthography, the pronunciation has taken hold since the 19th century in classical loanwords – for instance in words like "typisch" 'typical', "Hyäne, Hysterie, mysteriös, Syndrom, System, Typ". It is also used for the sound in loanwords, such as "Yacht (variation spelling: Jacht), Yak, Yeti"; however, e.g. yo-yo is spelled ""Jo-Jo"" in German, and yoghurt/yogurt/yoghourt ""Jog(h)urt"" spelled with h). The letter is also used in many geographical names, e.g. "Bayern" Bavaria, "Ägypten" Egypt, "Libyen" Libya, "Paraguay", "Syrien" Syria, "Uruguay", "Zypern" Cyprus (but: "Jemen" Yemen, "Jugoslawien" Yugoslavia). Especially in German names, the pronunciations or occur as well – for instance in the name "Meyer", where it serves as a variant of , cf. "Meier", another common spelling of the name. In German the y is preserved in the plural form of some loanwords such as "Babys" babies and "Partys" parties, celebrations.