YWCA [,wī-,də-bəl-yu̇-(,)sē-'ā, -,də-bə-yu̇-] -n

  1. an international organization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare orig. of young women

YWHA [-,āch-'ā] -n

  1. an organization that promotes the religious, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of Jewish young women