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paya

paya noun: a dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters cooked with herbs and spices.

paya: a dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters cooked with herbs and spices
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Noun (1)

paya (uncountable)

  1. A dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters cooked with herbs and spices.

Noun (2) capitalized: Paya

Paya pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Pech (“indigenous people of Honduras”).
    Synonyms:
    Pech

Proper noun capitalized: Paya

Paya

  1. Synonym of Pech (“Amerindian language”).
    Synonyms:
    Pech

Synonyms of paya

Questions about paya

What does paya mean?
Paya means a dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters cooked with herbs and spices.
What part of speech is paya?
Paya can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near paya in the dictionary

  1. pay-to-view
  2. pay-to-win
  3. pay-triot
  4. pay-triots
  5. pay-TV
  6. paya
  7. payability
  8. payable
  9. payableness
  10. payables
  11. payably

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