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tonya

tonya noun: a trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.

Noun

tonya (plural tonya)

  1. (historical) A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.

Proper noun capitalized: Tonya

Tonya (plural Tonyas)

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Antonina and Antonia, from Russian

Forms of tonya

Noun
pluraltonya
Proper noun
pluralTonyas
alternative formTonia
alternative formTonja

Origin of tonya

From Japanese 問屋 (ton'ya).

Phonetic rendering of Russian То́ня (Tónja), an informal pet form of Антони́на (Antonína, “Antonina”).

Words formed from tonya

Questions about tonya

What does tonya mean?
Tonya means a trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
What part of speech is tonya?
Tonya can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tonya?
The plural of tonya is tonya.

Words near tonya in the dictionary

  1. Tony Lumpkin
  2. Tony Lumpkins
  3. Tony Soprano
  4. Tony the Tiger
  5. Tony's den
  6. tonya
  7. Tonya Finosu
  8. Tonypandy
  9. Tonyrefail
  10. Tonys
  11. Tonyville

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