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moya¹

Where it comes from

Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

noun moyas

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. These are the principal tufas indicative of the boiling tufaceous mud, or moya, which once filled, even to an overflow, the valley of Rieden.

    Similar: mud lava, volcanic mud, tufaceous mud

moya²

Where it comes from

Varient forms.

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative form of moryah

Moya³

proper noun Moyas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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MLA

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

APA

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

Chicago

"moya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moya.

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@misc{moya_2026,
  title = {moya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}