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waria

waria noun: a member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.

Noun

waria (plural warias)

  1. A member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.

Forms of waria

pluralwarias

Origin of waria

Borrowed from Indonesian waria, a blend of wanita (“woman”) + pria (“man”).

Questions about waria

What does waria mean?
Waria means a member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.
What part of speech is waria?
Waria is a noun.
What is the plural of waria?
The plural of waria is warias.

Words near waria in the dictionary

  1. warhorses
  2. warhungry
  3. Warhurst
  4. Warhursts
  5. wari
  6. waria
  7. Warialda
  8. Warialda Rail
  9. wariangle
  10. wariangles
  11. warias

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