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aya¹

noun ayas

  1. alternative Alternative form of ayah

aya²

adverb

  1. New England, archaic, dialectal, not comparable Yes; yea; aye. “The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”

Aya³

  • /ˈaɪə/

Where it comes from

The planetoid was named after the Akkadian goddess, which began with the same first letter as the provisional designation 2002 AW₁₉₇.

proper noun Aja

  1. In Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash.
  2. 55565 Aya, a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet; named after said goddess.

Aya⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).

proper noun Aja

  1. A female given name from Japanese.

AYA⁵

noun AYAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of adolescent or young adult Near-synonyms: YA, young adult

    Similar: YA, young adult

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"aya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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aya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aya

Chicago

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@misc{aya_2026,
  title = {aya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}