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Amaya

Amaya proper noun: a female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

Proper noun

Amaya

  1. A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

Origin of Amaya

Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

Questions about Amaya

What does Amaya mean?
Amaya means a female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.
What part of speech is Amaya?
Amaya is a proper noun.

Words near Amaya in the dictionary

  1. amaxophobia
  2. amaxophobic
  3. Amaxosa
  4. Amaxosas
  5. amay
  6. Amaya
  7. Amayah
  8. amayed
  9. amaying
  10. amays
  11. amaz'd

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