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nyah

/ˈnjæ/

nyah interjection: expressing smug triumph.

Interjection (1)

  1. Expressing smug triumph.
    • When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm, page 74
    • Yankee fans have been saying, Nyah, nyah, I told you so, since the news was revealed in The New York Times.2009 August 7, George Vecsey, “On Big Day for Bronx, Cheating Is Nonissue”, in New York Times

Interjection (2)

IPA/ˈnja/

  1. (Internet, slang) meow, especially spoken by a catgirl or catboy

Proper noun capitalized: Nyah

Nyah

  1. A town in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia

Origin of nyah

Uncertain. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false.

From Japanese にゃあ.

Words formed from nyah

Phrases with nyah

Questions about nyah

What does nyah mean?
Nyah means expressing smug triumph.
What part of speech is nyah?
Nyah can be an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nyah?
Nyah is pronounced /ˈnjæ/.

Words near nyah in the dictionary

  1. Nyack
  2. Nyacker
  3. nyaff
  4. NYAG
  5. NYAGs
  6. nyah
  7. nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah
  8. Nyah West
  9. Nyakyusa
  10. nyala
  11. nyalas

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