praya
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese praya, obsolete form of praia (“beach”).
Noun Edit
praya (plural prayas)
- 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.
References Edit
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “praya”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Portuguese Edit
Noun Edit
praya f (plural prayas)
- Obsolete spelling of praia