baya
Americannoun
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
Sometimes the strand adheres to the main part of the blade at the tip so firmly that the force of the flying baya is not sufficient to sever it.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
Por esa puerte de Elvira sale muy gran cabalgada: cuanto del hidalgo moro, cuánto de la yegua baya.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by Prescott, William Hickling
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
Like the baya, the Indian wren-warbler does not line its nest.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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