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puya¹

Where it comes from

From Manipuri ꯄꯨꯌꯥ (puyā).

noun puyas

  1. Any of a group of books written in the Old Manipuri language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.

puya²

Where it comes from

From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.

noun puyas

  1. A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants. The puya is a strange form of bromeliad, and the giant species grows ever so slowly for between 30 and 100 years and then sends a flower spike covered in 8000 florets about 9 metres (30 feet) up into the air, like a floral telegraph pole.

PuYa³

noun PuYas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of puya

Puya⁴

noun Puyas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of puya Puyas may be defined as sacred written records handed down to posterity by the forefathers of the Meiteis. They are a particular kind of old narratives which form a definite class in Manipuri literature.

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中文普亞鳳梨 /普亚凤梨 pǔyà fènglí

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

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

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@misc{puya_2026,
  title = {puya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}