Ulaya
Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili Ulaya, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Uláya or Ulayá
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya); the directly borrowed doublet is wilaya.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Ulaya
- Europe (continent)
Synonyms edit
- Uropa (rare)
Descendants edit
- → Chichewa: Ulaya
See also edit
- (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]
References edit
- Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 310-311 Nr. 2990