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banja

banja is the alternative form of banya.

Meaning of banya

Noun

banya (plural banyas)

  1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
    • The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN

Forms of banja

pluralbanjas

Phrases with banja

Questions about banja

What is banja the alternative form of?
Banja is the alternative form of banya.

Words near banja in the dictionary

  1. Baniwa
  2. Baniwas
  3. baniya
  4. baniyas
  5. banj
  6. banja
  7. Banja Luka
  8. Banjaluka
  9. banjar
  10. banjara
  11. Banjara Hills

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Adapted from Wiktionary: banja (page history and authors); banya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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