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kayas

kayas is the plural of kaya.

Meaning of kaya

Noun (1)

kaya (plural kayas)

  1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
  2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Noun (2)

kaya (uncountable)

  1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
    • So they ate sliced Chinese white bread […] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 125

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Questions about kayas

What is kayas the plural of?
Kayas is the plural of kaya.

Words near kayas in the dictionary

  1. Kayang Extension
  2. Kayang Hilltop
  3. Kayans
  4. Kayapo
  5. Kayardild
  6. kayas
  7. Kayasth
  8. Kayastha
  9. Kayasthas
  10. Kayasthi
  11. Kayasths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kayas (page history and authors); kaya (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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