yaya
Americannoun
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yayas
plural
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I went to the market daily with our yaya, and we would make fresh, home-cooked meals every single day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
This is a reference to the company that Teddy wrote a check from, Angel Inc., which is named for one of his yaya.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2021
“The new dish was influenced by many different cultures, including the Africans who contributed their rice, or yaya, to jambalaya,” Folse wrote.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2020
No one dared even to look up, for the matter was in the hands of the yaya, and they were still thinking over it.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
They mention among the fruit trees abundant in Cuba the cocoa trees of Los Remedios, the ubiquitous banana, the orange, the West India chestnut, the fruit-bearing palms, guesima, garoubier, yaya and others.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
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