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garaya

garaya noun: a two-string spike lute from Nigeria and Niger.

garaya: a two-string spike lute from Nigeria and Niger
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Noun

garaya (plural garayas)

  1. a two-string spike lute from Nigeria and Niger

Forms of garaya

pluralgarayas

Origin of garaya

Borrowed from Hausa gàrāyā.

Questions about garaya

What does garaya mean?
Garaya means a two-string spike lute from Nigeria and Niger.
What part of speech is garaya?
Garaya is a noun.
What is the plural of garaya?
The plural of garaya is garayas.

Words near garaya in the dictionary

  1. Garavitos
  2. Garawa
  3. Garawan
  4. garawi
  5. Garay
  6. garaya
  7. Garays
  8. garb
  9. garba
  10. Garbacz
  11. Garbaczes

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