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rya

rya noun: a Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.

rya: a Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry
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Noun

rya (plural ryas)

  1. A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
    • People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217

Proper noun capitalized: RYA

RYA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Royal Yachting Association, the governing body for all forms of boating in the United Kingdom.

Forms of rya

pluralryas

Origin of rya

From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).

Questions about rya

What does rya mean?
Rya means a Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
What part of speech is rya?
Rya can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of rya?
The plural of rya is ryas.

Words near rya in the dictionary

  1. rxns
  2. RXR
  3. RXRs
  4. RY
  5. Ry.
  6. rya
  7. ryal
  8. Ryall
  9. ryals
  10. Ryalses
  11. Ryan

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