Gaya

See also: gaya and gayá

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

Alternative forms

• Kaya

Proper noun

Gaya

1. (historical) A Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
2. The presumed language of the Gaya confederacy.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Proper noun

Gaya

1. One of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India.
2. A city in Bihar, India.

Derived terms

• Bodh Gaya

Further reading

• Gaya confederacy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gaya district on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-gay