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okiya

okiya noun: the lodging-house of a geisha.

Noun

okiya (plural okiyas or okiya)

  1. The lodging-house of a geisha.
    • My advice to you is: work very hard, and never leave the okiya without permission.1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, page 43

Forms of okiya

pluralokiyas
pluralokiya

Origin of okiya

Borrowed from Japanese 置屋.

Questions about okiya

What does okiya mean?
Okiya means the lodging-house of a geisha.
What part of speech is okiya?
Okiya is a noun.
What is the plural of okiya?
The plural of okiya is okiyas.

Words near okiya in the dictionary

  1. Okinotorishima
  2. Okipa
  3. Okis
  4. OKish
  5. Okishian
  6. okiya
  7. okiyas
  8. okka
  9. Okkaligar
  10. okkard
  11. okkas

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