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okiyas

okiyas is the plural of okiya.

Meaning of okiya

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

Questions about okiyas

What is okiyas the plural of?
Okiyas is the plural of okiya.

Words near okiyas in the dictionary

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

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