praya

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English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese praya, obsolete form of praia (beach).

Noun

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praya (plural prayas)

  1. A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
    • 1973, Tzu-nang Chiu, The Port of Hong Kong: A Survey of its Development, page 24:
      Elsewhere on the Island, facilities for the transport of goods were limited to landing piers and prayas for junks and lighters.

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese praia (beach). Displaced iwikuí.[1]

Noun

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praya (plural praya-itá)

  1. beach
  2. sand

References

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  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “praya”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 627

Portuguese

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Noun

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praya f (plural prayas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of praia.