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nya

/ˈnjɑː/

nya interjection: the cry of a cat: meow, miaow.

Interjection

  1. (slang) The cry of a cat: meow, miaow.
    Synonyms:
    nyaa, nyan, nyao

Proper noun capitalized: NYA

NYA

  1. (US, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of National Youth Administration.

Synonyms of nya

Origin of nya

From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃ (nya).

Words that rhyme with nya

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Questions about nya

What does nya mean?
Nya means the cry of a cat: meow, miaow.
What part of speech is nya?
Nya can be an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nya?
Nya is pronounced /ˈnjɑː/.

Words near nya in the dictionary

  1. nxm
  2. NXN
  3. nxt
  4. ny
  5. Ny-Ålesund
  6. nya
  7. nyaa
  8. Nyabarongo
  9. nyabinghi
  10. Nyack
  11. Nyacker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nya (page history and authors); NYA (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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