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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).
Proper noun
Gaya
- (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.
- The presumed language of the Gaya confederacy.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).
Proper noun
Gaya
- One of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India.
- A city in Bihar, India.
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