English

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Etymology

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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

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Amaya

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

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Amaya f

  1. a female given name