Ulaya

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Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Ulaya, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈɽá.ja/, /uˈɽa.já/

Proper noun

Uláya or Ulayá

Europe

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Ulaya

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya); the directly borrowed doublet is wilaya.^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Proper noun

Ulaya

Europe (continent)

Synonyms

Uropa (rare)

Descendants

→ Chichewa: Ulaya

See also

(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

^ 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

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