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baya

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[bah-yuh, bah-yah] / ˈbɑ yə, bɑˈyɑ /

noun

  1. a common weaverbird, Ploceus philippinus, of India.


Etymology

Origin of baya

From the Hindi word ba(i)yā

Example Sentences

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He also, says Bergen, will need to collect "baya", or allegiance, from far flung al-Qaeda affiliates spread from Southeast Asia to Yemen to North Africa.

From Time • May 18, 2011

The baya is easily tamed, and will fetch and carry at command.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Then, grasping with its beak the edge of this blade above the notch, the baya flies away and thus strips off a narrow strand.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

In the rainy season two other birds weave nests, which are nearly as elegant as those woven by the baya.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

Where could she possibly have gone, for baya saw no exit?

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

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