Amaya

English

Etymology

Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

Proper noun

Amaya

  1. A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aˈmaʝa/ [aˈma.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /aˈmaʃa/ [aˈma.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /aˈmaʒa/ [aˈma.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: A‧ma‧ya

Proper noun

Amaya f

  1. a female given name
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