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ryas

ryas is the plural of rya.

Meaning of rya

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

Questions about ryas

What is ryas the plural of?
Ryas is the plural of rya.

Words near ryas in the dictionary

  1. ryanoid
  2. ryanoids
  3. ryanotoxin
  4. Ryans
  5. Ryanston
  6. ryas
  7. ryasna
  8. ryasnas
  9. Ryazan
  10. Ryazan'
  11. ryazhanka

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