Dyak
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Dyak
from Malay Dayak upcountry, from darat land
Example Sentences
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"We need to get people to their pharmacies and hospitals: children and the elderly, everyone who has stayed here, everyone who still lives here," said municipal driver Maksym Dyak.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Some historians, like Dyak, would like to see more diversity in replacement names, rather than defaulting to honoring mainly men, particularly to those in the political world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2022
“More people over the last month have felt themselves to be intensely Ukrainian,” said Sofia Dyak, director of the Center for Urban History, an independent research institute in Lviv.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022
"Engineers have been stereotyped and our industry has played a part in this," says Brian Dyak, president of the Entertainment Industries Council.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 3, 2010
Then, according to Dyak custom, he will have to marry his brother's wife.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
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