Gaya

See also: gaya and gayá

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

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Gaya

  1. (historical) A Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
  2. The presumed language of the Gaya confederacy.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Proper noun

Gaya

  1. One of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India.
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