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babulia

babulia is the alternative spelling of babulya.

Meaning of babulya

Noun

babulya (plural babulyas)

  1. (endearing) An Eastern European (especially Russian) grandmother.
    • When Channing was a toddler, living outside Moscow, her babulya had sewn fresh pine shavings into scraps of army canvas, and placed them underneath the child’s pillow.2011 fall, Zana Previti, “Questions of Travel”, in Kate Gale, editor, The Los Angeles Review, volume 10, [Pasadena, Calif.]: Red Hen Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184
    Synonyms:
    baba, babushka

Forms of babulia

pluralbabulias

Questions about babulia

What is babulia the alternative spelling of?
Babulia is the alternative spelling of babulya.

Words near babulia in the dictionary

  1. babuji
  2. babujis
  3. babul
  4. Babula
  5. Babulas
  6. babulia
  7. babuls
  8. babulya
  9. Babuma
  10. Babungera
  11. Babungo

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